pushknee
A triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat,…A triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat, allowing the boat to face up to a barge which is higher than the deck of the pushboat.
Meaning
1 sensesA triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat, allowing the boat to face up to a barge which is higher than the deck of the pushboat.
The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge.
Origin
From push + knee.From push + knee.
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