TIMBERHEAD


Meaning of TIMBERHEAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtim-bər-ˌhed ]

noun

Date: 1794

1. : the top end of a ship's timber used above the gunwale (as for belaying ropes)

2. : a bollard bolted to the deck where the end of a timber would come

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.