a-cock-billadv.

Brit.

/əˈkɒkˌbɪl/, U.S.

/əˈkɑkˌbɪl/

Forms: see a prep.¹ and cock v.¹ and bill n.²; also 1600s–1700s a-cock-bell.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, cock v.¹, bill n.²

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + cock v.¹ + bill n.² (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense: see bill n.² 4). Compare later acock adv.

Nautical.

Of an anchor: with the bills pointing upwards, as when it hangs from the cathead ready for dropping. Also of the yards of a vessel: at an angle with the deck.In quot. 1912 in extended use.The yards of vessels are sometimes angled in this way as a sign of mourning.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [phrase] > specific positions of anchor

a-cock-bill1578

on (the) pike1594

cockbill1685

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > yards at an angle to deck

a-cock-bill1867

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 29 [It] gaue the Ayde suche a blow, hauing alittle before wayed hir Ancker a cocke bill, that it stroke the Ancker flouke through the Shippes bowes.

1663 T. Allin Jrnl. 26 June (1939) (modernized text) I. 118 His anchor hanging a-cock-bill ran into her; did her much damage.

1708 Sea Dict. at Anchor The Anchor is a Cock-bell, when the Anchor hangs up and down by the Ship's Side.

1776 E. Thompson Syrens ii. 28 I'll never heave my anchor a cock-bill again.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 198 To put the yards a-cock-bill is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. A sign of mourning.

1912 Mariner′s Mirror 2 187 A favourite threat with old sailors was: ‘I'll give you a lift under your lee lug which will knock all your head yards a-cock-bill.’

1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate viii. 237 Her bower anchors were ready, a-cockbill at the catheads, with a kedge at the stern-davits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-cock-bill
释义	a-cock-billadv. Brit. /əˈkɒkˌbɪl/, U.S. /əˈkɑkˌbɪl/ Forms: see a prep.¹ and cock v.¹ and bill n.²; also 1600s–1700s a-cock-bell. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, cock v.¹, bill n.² Etymology: < a prep.¹ + cock v.¹ + bill n.² (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense: see bill n.² 4). Compare later acock adv. Nautical. Of an anchor: with the bills pointing upwards, as when it hangs from the cathead ready for dropping. Also of the yards of a vessel: at an angle with the deck.In quot. 1912 in extended use.The yards of vessels are sometimes angled in this way as a sign of mourning. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [phrase] > specific positions of anchor a-cock-bill1578 on (the) pike1594 cockbill1685 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > with sails set [phrase] > yards at an angle to deck a-cock-bill1867 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 29 [It] gaue the Ayde suche a blow, hauing alittle before wayed hir Ancker a cocke bill, that it stroke the Ancker flouke through the Shippes bowes. 1663 T. Allin Jrnl. 26 June (1939) (modernized text) I. 118 His anchor hanging a-cock-bill ran into her; did her much damage. 1708 Sea Dict. at Anchor The Anchor is a Cock-bell, when the Anchor hangs up and down by the Ship's Side. 1776 E. Thompson Syrens ii. 28 I'll never heave my anchor a cock-bill again. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 198 To put the yards a-cock-bill is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. A sign of mourning. 1912 Mariner′s Mirror 2 187 A favourite threat with old sailors was: ‘I'll give you a lift under your lee lug which will knock all your head yards a-cock-bill.’ 1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate viii. 237 Her bower anchors were ready, a-cockbill at the catheads, with a kedge at the stern-davits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1578
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