tim·ber·head

[tim-ber-hed]
noun Nautical.
1.
the top end of a timber, rising above the deck and serving for belaying ropes.
2.
a bollard resembling this in position and use.

Origin:
1785–95; timber + head

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timberhead (ˈtɪmbəˌhɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
nautical a timber, the top of which rises above deck level and is used as a bollard

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Timberhead is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
They are usually of standard length to span the distance from one timberhead to another on the barges and are used with ratchets.
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