Fid (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun Nautical.
  1. a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
  2. a stout bar used to hold a running bowsprit in its extended position.
  3. a wooden or metal pin for parting strands of a rope.
  4. a bar or pin used as a key or toggle.
  1. a combining form meaning “divided,” “lobed,” occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (bifid); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (pinnatifid).
abbreviation
  1. fiduciary.
noun nautical
  1. a spike for separating strands of rope in splicing
  2. a wooden or metal bar for supporting the heel of a topmast
adj combining form
  1. divided into parts or lobes
Fid (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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