samson post

noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Nautical.

a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.

a king post for supporting cargo-handling booms on the deck of a ship.

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Origin:
1570–80; perhaps named in allusion to the pillars that Samson dislodged

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