ALL meanings of knighthead
knight·head
K k - noun knighthead A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit. 1
- noun knighthead either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle. 1
- noun knighthead a plate at the fore end of a topgallant forecastle, on an iron or steel sailing ship, through which a spike bowsprit passes. 1
- noun knighthead either of a pair of vertical supports for each side of the bowsprit 0
- noun knighthead A bollard or bitt. 0
- noun knighthead Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit. 0