bullock block

1. 1.

   a pulley-block at the head of a topmast

   Synonymsbollock

   Broaderpulley

Questions about bullock block

What does bullock block mean?

bullock block means "a pulley-block at the head of a topmast".

What is another word for bullock block?

Close synonyms include bollock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bullock block a common word?

bullock block is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.