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(nautical) The 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.
Use timberhead when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Timberhead means (nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc..
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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.
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