Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical: A cylindrical piece of timber fixed in the bow or stern of a whaling-boat, round which the line is run out when the whale darts off after being harpooned. Also called
bollard . - noun Same as
scroll-head . - noun A loggerhead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A round piece of
timber at thebow orstern of awhaleboat , around which theharpoon line is run out when thewhale darts off.
Etymologies
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billet + head
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