acockbill
English edit
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