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knightheads

knightheads is the plural of knighthead.

Meaning of knighthead

Noun

knighthead (plural knightheads)

  1. A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit.
  2. A bollard or bitt.
  3. Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.

Questions about knightheads

What is knightheads the plural of?
Knightheads is the plural of knighthead.

Words near knightheads in the dictionary

  1. knightesses
  2. knighteth
  3. knightful
  4. knightfully
  5. knighthead
  6. knightheads
  7. knighthood
  8. knighthoods
  9. Knightian
  10. Knightian uncertainties
  11. Knightian uncertainty

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