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cockbill

cockbill verb: to tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.

Verb

cockbill (third-person singular simple present cockbills, present participle cockbilling, simple past and past participle cockbilled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
    • to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning
  2. (archaic, transitive) To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead im preparation for letting it go.

Forms of cockbill

third-person singular presentcockbills
present participlecockbilling
past participlecockbilled
pastcockbilled

Origin of cockbill

See cock (“to set erect”).

Questions about cockbill

What does cockbill mean?
Cockbill means to tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
What part of speech is cockbill?
Cockbill is a verb.
What is the past tense of cockbill?
The past tense of cockbill is cockbilled.

Words near cockbill in the dictionary

  1. Cockayne Hatley
  2. Cockayne syndrome
  3. Cockaynes
  4. cockbag
  5. cockbags
  6. cockbill
  7. cockbilled
  8. cockbilling
  9. cockbills
  10. cockbird
  11. cockbirds

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