1) Apostle 
• (n.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.
Knight'head` noun (Nautical) A bollard timber. See under Bollard . 
either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle. · a plate at the fore end of a topgallant forecastle, on an iron or steel sailing ship, through which a spike bowsprit passes.