[nahyt-hed] 
| 1. | either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle. |
| 2. | a plate at the fore end of a topgallant forecastle, on an iron or steel sailing ship, through which a spike bowsprit passes. |
| knight·head (nīt'hěd') n. Either of two timbers rising from the keel of a sailing ship and supporting the inner end of the bowsprit. [From the fact that it was sometimes decorated with a carving of a man's head.] |
