- pitchpole
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verb
Etymology: pitchpole somersault, from 3pitch + pole, poll head
Date: 1851
intransitive verb
to turn end over end <the catamaran pitchpoled> transitive verb to cause to turn end over end
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pitchpole
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pitchpole — /pich pohl /, v.i., pitchpoled, pitchpoling. (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf. [1655 65; PITCH1 + pole, alter. of POLL1] * * * … Universalium
pitchpole — verb /ˈpɪtʃpoʊl/ To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf … Wiktionary
pitchpole — verb Nautical (of a boat) overturn so that the stern pitches forward over the bows. Origin C17: from pitch1 + poll … English new terms dictionary
pitchpole — I. noun also pitchpoll ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: pitch (III) + poll (head) : somersault II. verb … Useful english dictionary
Hobie cat — A Hobie Cat is a small catamaran (or two hulled) sailboat manufactured by the Hobie Cat Company of Oceanside, California, USA. Begun as a manufacturer of surf boards in the late 1950s, Hobie (named after Hobie Alter, the company s founder) began… … Wikipedia
pitchpoll — I. noun see pitchpole I II. verb see pitchpole II … Useful english dictionary
Catamaran — A catamaran (From Tamil kattumaram ) [cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=catamaran|title=catamaran |accessdate=2008 09 04 |format= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary ] is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two… … Wikipedia
Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R … Wikipedia
capsize — Synonyms and related words: be lost, careen, come a cropper, culbuter, fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall over, fall prostrate, flounder, founder, get a cropper, go down, invert, keel, keel over, list, lurch, overset, overthrow,… … Moby Thesaurus
founder — Synonyms and related words: abort, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, be clobbered, be destroyed, be felled, be lost, be poleaxed, be staggered, be stricken, begetter, beginner, break down, builder, capsize, cave, cave… … Moby Thesaurus
