noun a mooring post on a wharf or beach.
2. dolphin ·noun a kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
3. dolphin ·noun a permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
4. dolphin ·noun a small constellation between aquila and pegasus. ·see delphinus, ·noun, 2.
5. dolphin ·noun in old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
6. dolphin ·noun a cetacean of the genus delphinus and allied genera (·esp. d. delphis); the true dolphin.
7. dolphin ·noun a spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
8. dolphin ·noun a mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.
9. dolphin ·noun the coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. it is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. ·see coryphaenoid.