Cockbill

I noticed the wardroom as a class, you might say, was manoeuvrin '_en masse_, an' then come the order to cockbill the yards. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

"I ased off the catfalls an 'shank painter iver since the mornin'; an ', sure, the blissid anchor is a-cockbill, all riddy to lit go whin ye gives the worrud." ❋ William Heysham Overend (1874)

By Eight Bells, we could make out the derelict clearly from the deck; and, shortly after breakfast when we had closed her within half-a-mile, we could see that somehow or other she had got terribly knocked about, her bulwarks having been carried away, as well as most of her spars and rigging, only the stump of her mainmast being left still standing, with the yard, which had parted at the slings, hanging down all a-cockbill. ❋ John B. [Illustrator] Greene (N/A)

The _Maggie'll_ just about be able to hold her while us four up with the anchor -- _an 'cockbill_ it agin! " ❋ Gordon [Illustrator] Grant (1918)

Has it dawned on you, sir, that if I hadn't had sense enough to cockbill that anchor again you'd be on the beach this minute? " ❋ Gordon [Illustrator] Grant (1918)

The best me an 'Mac'll do is to help you cockbill the anchor, an' that'll cost you ten bucks for each of us -- in advance. " ❋ Gordon [Illustrator] Grant (1918)

"Well, then, I'll get the port cable bent and the anchor a-cockbill ready for lettin 'go before touchin' the canvas. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)