"cockbill" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cockbills [present, singular, third-person], cockbilling [participle, present], cockbilled [participle, past], cockbilled [past]
Etymology: See cock (“to set erect”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cock||to set erect}} cock (“to set erect”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cockbill (third-person singular simple present cockbills, present participle cockbilling, simple past and past participle cockbilled)
  1. (nautical, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-cockbill-en-verb-imG29Qn4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (nautical, transitive) To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-cockbill-en-verb-0pX7evhd Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: acockbill

Inflected forms

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