What is the top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head called?
timberhead — The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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