top end of ship's timber used above the gunwale
top end of ship's timber used above the gunwale
• (n.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.
Tim'ber·head` noun (Nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head .