acockbill
English
adv
Definitions
- (nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
- (nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
Etymology
Compound from English acock (In a cocked turned-up fashion) + English bill (note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list).
Origin
English
bill
Gloss
note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Christmas tree bill English
- Eurobill English
- acock English
- adzebill English
- bill English
- billability English
- billable English
- billboard English
- biller English
- billfish English
- billfold English
- billhead English
- billholder English
- billhook English
- billlike English
- billman English
- billpayer English
- billpaying English
- billposter English
- billposting English
- billsticker English
- billsticking English
- bluebill English
- boatbill English
- bristlebill English
- broadbill English
- brown-bill English
- cock English
- conebill English
- cranesbill English
- crookbill English
- crossbill English
- crowbill English
- duckbill English
- duebill English
- flatbill English
- handbill English
- hawksbill English
- hedgebill English
- hookbill English
- hornbill English
- ibisbill English
- ivorybill English
- misbill English
- openbill English
- overbill English
- parrotbill English
- playbill English
- prebill English
- razorbill English
- rebill English
- ringbill English
- rosybill English
- sabrebill English
- saddlebill English
- sawbill English
- scimitarbill English
- scissorbill English
- sharpbill English
- shearbill English
- sheathbill English
- shoebill English
- shovelbill English
- showbill English
- sicklebill English
- silverbill English
- softbill English
- spikebill English
- spinebill English
- spoonbill English
- storksbill English
- superbill English
- swanbill English
- swordbill English
- thickbill English
- thornbill English
- toothbill English
- topbill English
- underbill English
- waxbill English
- waybill English
- wedgebill English
- weebill English
- whitebill English
- wrybill English
- yellowbill English
- bill French
- bill Middle English
- bille Middle English
- bille Irish
- बिल Hindi
- บิล Thai
- bil Welsh
- బిల్లు Telugu
- bille Norman
- bil Tok Pisin
- ໃບບິນ Lao
- bil Hausa
- bill
- cock
- acock
- rebill
- biller
- wrybill
- sawbill
- waybill
- billman
- topbill
- weebill
- waxbill
- duebill
- prebill
- misbill
- hookbill
- billhook
- ibisbill
- swanbill
- shoebill
- Eurobill
- billfold
- billfish
- boatbill
- softbill
- handbill
- flatbill
- showbill
- conebill
- playbill
- ringbill
- openbill
- adzebill
- billhead
- bluebill
- crowbill
- rosybill
- hornbill
- billable
- overbill
- billlike
- duckbill
- wedgebill
- spikebill
- hawksbill
- swordbill
- hedgebill
- shearbill
- spinebill
- razorbill
- whitebill
- billpayer
- crossbill
- ivorybill
- underbill
- crookbill
- thornbill
- sharpbill
- broadbill
- toothbill
- superbill
- spoonbill
- billboard
- sabrebill
- thickbill
- brown-bill
- parrotbill
- sheathbill
- billpaying
- billposter
- storksbill
- silverbill
- sicklebill
- cranesbill
- saddlebill
- billholder
- yellowbill
- shovelbill
- billposting
- billability
- billsticker
- bristlebill
- scissorbill
- billsticking
- scimitarbill
- Christmas tree bill