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Definition of Cockbilled
1. cockbill [v] - See also: cockbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockbilled
Literary usage of Cockbilled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judgments Delivered in the Courts of the United States for the District of by John Lowell (1872)
"The defence was, that the brig should have had her yards braced up fore and aft,
or cockbilled. The evidence tended to show, that an ordinance of the city ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"Up on to the to'gallan' fo'castle they flew, and in a jiffy had cockbilled the anchor. ..."
3. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1903)
"... every naval officer knows, for instance, how quickly he can tell, over a great
distance, whether a topgallant yard is square or cockbilled. ..."
4. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1900)
"His rig was that of a foreign sailor, and the large red cap he wore was cockbilled
over his left ear, and all was set off with shaggy black whiskers. ..."
5. Under Sail by Félix Riesenberg (1918)
"We also sent down the fore and main courses and tops'ls, and cockbilled the main
yard for a cargo boom, rigging the cargo pendant from the main topmast head ..."
6. The Rules of the Road at Sea: Comprising the Regulations for Preventing by Hubert Stuart Moore (1900)
"... all outriggers unshipped, and yards braced fore and aft or cockbilled, so that
nothing projects over the ship's side, except fenders. 4. ..."
7. Dog-watches at Sea by Stanton H. (Stanton Henry) King (1901)
"The two remaining French vessels and a Spanish brig cockbilled their yards in
honor of the day. Their yards and mast formed an X, which was meant to ..."
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