ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: so called from its having been carved to represent knights
1. : one of two timbers rising in the bows of a wooden ship just within the stem with one on each side of the bowsprit — called also bollard timber
2. : a triangular bulkhead just abaft the cutwater with a hole through which the bowsprit of a ship passes