单词 | head knee |
释义 | > as lemmashead knee head knee n. Nautical each of a number of pieces of bent timber fixed to a cutwater in order to steady it; cf. knee of the head at knee n. 7a. ΚΠ 1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. i. 4 He..damag'd several of her head-knees, and timbers. 1838 Chrons. of Sea 22 Sept. 346/2 A tremendous sea struck her on the starboard bow, carrying away the bowsprit, gammoning, head-knees, bulwarks, &c. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 594/2 They [sc. lashings] are passed..over a long saddle-shaped piece of wood..and through the holes in the head knees. 2002 D. A. Agius In Wake of Dhow v. 111 I was shown how the headknee is sewn to the stem of the bow. < as lemmas |
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