poppet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pop=pet

CIDE DICTIONARY

poppet, n. 

•  See Puppet.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.  Totten.  [1913 Webster]
•  An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.  [1913 Webster]
•  same as poppit.  [PJC]

Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

poppet, n.
1 Brit. colloq. (esp. as a term of endearment) a small or dainty person.
2 (in full poppet-head) the head of a lathe.
3 a small square piece of wood fitted inside the gunwale or washstrake of a boat.

Idiom

poppet-head Brit. the frame at the top of a mine-shaft supporting pulleys for the ropes used in hoisting. poppet-valve Engin. a mushroom-shaped valve, lifted bodily from its seat rather than hinged.

Etymology

ME popet(te), ult. f. L pup(p)a: cf. PUPPET