acockbill
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Etymology
[edit]acock (“In a cocked or turned-up fashion”, adverb) + bill (“the point of or beyond the fluke”, noun)[1]
Adverb
[edit]acockbill (not comparable)
- (nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
- (nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
References
[edit]- ^ Simpson & Weiner, (1989), p. 412
Further reading
[edit]- Simpson, J. A. & Weiner, E. S. C., editors (1933), The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, volume III, Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), published 1989, →ISBN, page 412