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timberhead

timberhead noun: the top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.

Noun

timberhead (plural timberheads)

  1. The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
    • If one refers to af chapman one finds that while only three drawings of comparable ships show boomkins fitted, all drawings of bluff-headed ships show either an extra timberhead or a half-round cutting in the top of the hawse piece to accommodate this spar when needed.1985, The Great Circle, page 32

Forms of timberhead

pluraltimberheads

Origin of timberhead

From timber + head.

Questions about timberhead

What does timberhead mean?
Timberhead means the top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
What part of speech is timberhead?
Timberhead is a noun.
What is the plural of timberhead?
The plural of timberhead is timberheads.

Words near timberhead in the dictionary

  1. timbered
  2. timberer
  3. timberers
  4. timbergetter
  5. timbergetters
  6. timberhead
  7. timberheads
  8. timbering
  9. timberings
  10. timberish
  11. timberjack

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