|
|
Definition of Timberhead
1. n. The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.
Definition of Timberhead
1. Noun. (nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timberhead
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timberhead
Literary usage of Timberhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"Then an Officer was sworn to keep the Jury, Who, after they had considered of
their verdict, returned, and found John Brierly alias timberhead, and Robert ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Who after they had considered of their Verdict, returned, and found John Briefly
alias timberhead, Guilty ; Robert Boyd, Rowland Sharp, Jonathan Clerke, ..."
3. Electrical Engineer (1893)
"Arc lamp sundries are tabled, priced, and codified with code words that cannot
be forgotten, from " timberhead" to ..."
Other Resources:
