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timberhead en · NOUN

Etymology

From timber + head.

Meanings

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:

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