"headfast" meaning in All languages combined

See headfast on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: headfasts [plural]
Etymology: From head + fast. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|fast}} head + fast Head templates: {{en-noun}} headfast (plural headfasts)
  1. (nautical) A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf, etc. Translations ((nautical) A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf): швартово въже (švartovo văže) [neuter] (Bulgarian)

Inflected forms

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