cutwater

  • 121head knee — noun : a timber in the frame of a ship fayed edgeways to the cutwater and stem …

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  • 122knighthead — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its having been carved to represent knights 1. : one of two timbers rising in the bows of a wooden ship just within the stem with one on each side of the bowsprit called also bollard timber 2. : a… …

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  • 123trail board — noun : one of the curved and carved boards on the sides of the cutwater near the figurehead of a ship …

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  • 124whisker jumper — noun : a stay leading from the end of a whisker boom to secure it to the cutwater usually used in plural; see ship illustration …

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