Those to which the jeers are fastened and belayed.
·noun A gear; a tackle. II. Jeer ·noun A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting j...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun ·pl A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which t...
A frame composed of two strong pieces of straight oak timber, fixed upright in the fore-part of a sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Are twofold or threefold blocks, through which the jeer-falls are rove, and applied to hoist, suspen...
One placed between the fore and main masts, serving to stretch a rope, heave upon the jeers, and tak...
Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...
See bitts. ...
The bitts which support the ends or spindles of the windlass, whence they are also called windlass-b...
Those to which the cable is made fast. ...
The supports near their ends. ...
See carrick-bitts. ...
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed. ...
The same as standards (which see). ...