cockbill

I noticed the wardroom as a class, you might say, was manoeuvrin '_en masse_, an' then come the order to cockbill the yards.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

"I ased off the catfalls an 'shank painter iver since the mornin'; an ', sure, the blissid anchor is a-cockbill, all riddy to lit go whin ye gives the worrud."

Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea William Heysham Overend 1874

By Eight Bells, we could make out the derelict clearly from the deck; and, shortly after breakfast when we had closed her within half-a-mile, we could see that somehow or other she had got terribly knocked about, her bulwarks having been carried away, as well as most of her spars and rigging, only the stump of her mainmast being left still standing, with the yard, which had parted at the slings, hanging down all a-cockbill.

Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene

The _Maggie'll_ just about be able to hold her while us four up with the anchor -- _an 'cockbill_ it agin! "

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

Has it dawned on you, sir, that if I hadn't had sense enough to cockbill that anchor again you'd be on the beach this minute? "

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

The best me an 'Mac'll do is to help you cockbill the anchor, an' that'll cost you ten bucks for each of us -- in advance. "

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

"Well, then, I'll get the port cable bent and the anchor a-cockbill ready for lettin 'go before touchin' the canvas.

A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886