pitchpole
1pitchpole — verb Etymology: pitchpole somersault, from 3pitch + pole, poll head Date: 1851 intransitive verb to turn end over end < the catamaran pitchpoled > transitive verb to cause to turn end over end …
2pitchpole — /pich pohl /, v.i., pitchpoled, pitchpoling. (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf. [1655 65; PITCH1 + pole, alter. of POLL1] * * * …
3pitchpole — verb /ˈpɪtʃpoʊl/ To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf …
4pitchpole — verb Nautical (of a boat) overturn so that the stern pitches forward over the bows. Origin C17: from pitch1 + poll …
5pitchpole — I. noun also pitchpoll ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: pitch (III) + poll (head) : somersault II. verb …
6Hobie cat — A Hobie Cat is a small catamaran (or two hulled) sailboat manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company of Oceanside, California, USA. Begun as a manufacturer of surf boards in the late 1950s, Hobie (named after Hobie Alter, the company s founder) began… …
7pitchpoll — I. noun see pitchpole I II. verb see pitchpole II …
8Catamaran — A catamaran (From Tamil kattumaram ) [cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=catamaran|title=catamaran |accessdate=2008 09 04 |format= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary ] is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two… …
9Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
10capsize — Synonyms and related words: be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list, lurch, overset, overthrow,… …
