1. Short pieces of timber or iron projecting over a ship's side, with tackles to hoist up a boat. Fish davit, a spar over the bows, to hoist up the anchor clear of the ship.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• davidi,
• havits,
• divets,
• divids,
• daivs,
• daviid,
• davote,
• davidf,
• dibits,
• dadius,
• davisd,
• davide,
• rivits,
• dayts,
• caviots,
• pivits,
• defits,
• daviod,
• degits,
• daoists

• Davidson,
• deviates,
• davids,
• darts.