poppet

A poppet valve.

A small wooden strip on a gunwale that forms or supports an oarlock.

One of the beams of a launching cradle supporting a ship’s hull.

A darling.

A puppet.

A term of endearment. See puppet.

A shore or piece of timber placed between a vessel’s bottom and the bilgeways, at the foremost and aftermost parts, to support her in launching. See cut under launching-ways.

One of the heads of a lathe. Also popit. See cut under lathe-head.

A puppet-valve.