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Definition of Cockbill
1. v. t. To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
Definition of Cockbill
1. Verb. (nautical) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockbill
1. to raise the yardarm on a ship [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockbill
Literary usage of Cockbill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica by Joseph Jackson Howard (1902)
"Walter Savage Länder was born about three o'clock in the afternoon on the
thirtieth (if January 1775, T)r Holyoak, Miss Pearson, Mrs cockbill present, ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1865)
"... and was of more than 300 tons burden, came towards the sloop, and having its
anchor a-cockbill, ran it into the side of the sloop and sunk the sloo;'. ..."
3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1826)
"... that, when ascending the hill, not one of them would face a small fence until
a little puff was afforded them, when Mr. cockbill got over it. ..."
4. A Digest of Cases Relating to Shipping, Admiralty, and Insurance Law: From ...by Reginald Godfrey Marsden by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1899)
"... gets her anchor a-cockbill for the purpose of bringing herself to anchor on
finding a suitable place, a steamship navigating the river Thames is in such ..."
5. Supplement ... to the Journal of the Friends Historical Society by Friends' Historical Society (1913)
"... William cockbill George Harriss I Joseph cockbill Thomas Whitehead f Simon
Cartwright Edward Whitehead ) fined markes a Piece, & to remaine in Goale ..."
6. A Century of Foxhunting with the Warwickshire Hounds: Being a Sketch History (1891)
"Jtr. cockbill. THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. wait straight on past the town to Middleton
Cheney, where he was killed. This stout old fox took them, ..."
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