Note 93 — Chapter XXIV · JAMAICA TO SOUTHAMPTON
Reading edition
Cock-bill. To put the yards “a-cock-bill” is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. A symbol of mourning.—The Sailor’s Word-Book (Admiral Smyth, 1867).
Reading edition
Cock-bill. To put the yards “a-cock-bill” is to top them up by one lift to an angle with the deck. A symbol of mourning.—The Sailor’s Word-Book (Admiral Smyth, 1867).