COCKBILLED

Verb

cockbilled

simple past tense and past participle of cockbill

Source: Wiktionary


COCKBILL

Cock"bill, v. t. Etym: [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.)

Definition: To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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