An anchor is said to be a 'cockbill when it has been eased out of the hawsepipe and hangs vertically by its ring.
I-ankile kudla ngokuthiwa inqumamisa i-ankile ngesinqandi sesangqa xa ithe yangenisela phandle umbhobho wokunkcenkceshela kwaye ixhome ngokuthe nkqo ngesangqa sayo.