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knighthead knight·head K0089900 (nīt′hĕd′)n. Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
[From the fact that it was sometimes decorated with a carving of a man's head.]knighthead (ˈnaɪtˌhɛd) n (Nautical Terms) nautical either of a pair of vertical supports for each side of the bowsprit[C18: originally decorated with carvings of knights' heads] |