Usually means: Anchor raised and secured sideways.
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  1. acockbill: Merriam-Webster
  2. acockbill: Wordnik
  3. acockbill: Wiktionary
  4. Acockbill: Dictionary.com
  5. Acockbill: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. acockbill: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Acockbill: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. acockbill: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Acockbill: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. acockbill: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (acockbill)

adverb:  (nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
adverb:  (nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

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