Usually means: Tilt anchor vertically for storage.
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  1. cockbill: Merriam-Webster
  2. cockbill: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cockbill: Wordnik
  4. cockbill: Wiktionary
  5. Cockbill: Dictionary.com
  6. Cockbill: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. cockbill: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Cockbill: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. cockbill: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Cockbill: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (cockbill)

verb:  (nautical, transitive) To tilt up one end of, so as to make almost vertical.
verb:  (nautical, transitive) To suspend (the anchor) from the cathead preparatory to letting it go.

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