1. Pieces of timber or iron, with sheaves or blocks at their ends, projecting over a vessel's sides or stern, to hoist boats up to. 2. A spar with a roller or sheave at its end, used for fishing the anchor, called a fish-davit.
1. Izijungqu zeplanga okanye intsimbi, ezineebloko ekupheleni kwazo, ezivelisa ngaphezulu amacala enqanawe okanye umva, ukuphakamisela phezulu izikhephe. 2. Imasti enerola kwisiphelo sayo, esetyenziselwa ukuloba i-ankile, kubizwa i'fish-davit'.