cockbill (English, verb)
expansion: cockbill (third-person singular simple present cockbills, present participle cockbilling, simple past and past participle cockbilled)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
tags: transitive
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead preparatory to letting it go.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: cockbills
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cockbilling
tags: participle
present
form: cockbilled
tags: participle
past
form: cockbilled
tags: past