davit

Meaning of davit

noun
  1. A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.
  2. A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship.

Information about davit

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of davit is: davits.
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Hyphenation of davit

davit

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • davit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with davit

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