Meanings
nountimberhead (plural timberheads)
plural timberheads
- nauticalThe top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.
If one refers to af chapman one finds that while only three drawings of comparable ships show boomkins fitted, all drawings of bluff-headed ships show either an extra timberhead or a half-round cutting in the top of the hawse piece to accommodate this spar when needed.
1985, The Great Circle, page 32
Origin
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timberhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timberhead
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“timberhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timberhead. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timberhead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timberhead.
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