( n. )
A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.
( n. )
A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012