killock
noun1
A small anchor.
2
A kind of anchor formed by a stone enclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
3
The fluke of such an anchor.
4
Government, Military, Naval, Navy, Politics, War Slang A leading seaman, who wears a badge with an anchor emblem.
- Unabashed, the Killock tilted his head to one side in mock examination, puckering his bulbous nose.2005, Bill Hawkins, The Other Cockleshell Heroes, page 32:
- Derived terms
- killock hitch