timberhead

== English == === Etymology === From timber +‎ head. === Noun === timberhead (plural timberheads) (nautical) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc. === References === “timberhead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.