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▪ I. ˈcock-bill, n. Naut.
Also 7–8 -bell.
In the phrase a-cock-bill [f. a-cock advb. phr. + bill]: having the bills or tapering ends cocked or turned upwards. Said of the anchor when it hangs from the cathead ready for dropping; also of the yards of a vessel, when they are placed at an angle with the deck—‘the symbol of mourning’ (Smyth).
1648Earl Westmoreland Otia Sacra (1879) 164 The Others all a Cock-bell set, One after other down are let Into the Sea. 1692in Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xvi. 74 The Anchor is a Cock-bell, that is, hangs up and down by the Ships side. 1769Chron. in Ann. Reg. 113/2 The collier was going down full sail, on the flood tide, and anchor a cock bill. 1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xvii. 48 On Good Friday she had all her yards a'-cock-bill, which is customary among Catholic vessels.
b. Shortened to cock-bill.
1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 164 The anchor is cockbill.
▪ II. ˈcock-bill, v.
[f. prec.]
To place a-cock-bill.
1840R. Dana Bef. Mast xxxvi. 137 The pilot gave orders to cock-bill the anchor. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 163 Cockbill the anchor. |