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Noun
1

A large bolt driven through the forecastle deck, with a triangular shackle in the head to receive the heel of the old-fashioned fish davit.

See Also
fish davit
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Rhyming Words
eckle ickle inkle dekle rickle fuckle turkle hinkle fickle pickle jeckle kinkle nickle cockle winkle runkle mickle cankle finkle muckle
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