SAMSON POST


Meaning of SAMSON POST in English

( sometimes cap. ) Naut.

1. a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.

2. a king post for supporting cargo-handling booms on the deck of a ship.

[ 1570-80; perh. named in allusion to the pillars that Samson dislodged ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .