samson post

samson post
(sometimes cap.) Naut.
1. a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.
2. a king post for supporting cargo-handling booms on the deck of a ship.
[1570-80; perh. named in allusion to the pillars that Samson dislodged]

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