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Deck hook

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breasthooknoun(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
forehooknoun(nautical) A piece of timber placed across the stern, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook.
beaknoun(anatomy) A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
beamnounA broad smile.
deckplatenounA plate forming a deck in non-nautical applications.
deck shoenounA boat shoe
hair bracketnoun(shipbuilding, historical) A moulding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
coat hooknounAlternative form of coathook. [A hook meant for supporting a hanging coat.]
knightheadnounEither of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit.
counternounOne who counts.
bracketnounA fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
bedfastUnable to leave one's bed, especially because of illness, weakness or obesity.
bitt-headsnoun(nautical) The upright timbers let in and bolted to the beams or the deck, and stepped to the backbone or infrastructure of the ship.
coathooknounA hook meant for supporting a hanging coat.
bumkinnoun(nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
waistnoun(anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
headnoun(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
sheer(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
loofnounThe spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).
headfastnoun(nautical) A rope at the bows of a ship used to fasten it to a wharf, etc.

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