plural of knighthood

A mitred backing timber which extends the after line of the rabbet in the stem to give extra support to the ends of the planks and the bowsprit. / A bollard or bitt.

plural of knighthead

knighthood; state of being a knight / knights collectively

An order which (at least mainly) consists of members who receive and/or most have the knighthood, hence constitutes an honorific brotherhood (in modern times often open to both genders, in rare cases a sisterhood) of knights (and/or, as female equivalent, dames). The hierarchical structure, purpose, activities (in many cases rare and mainly ceremonious), titles and insignia vary widely.

Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.

The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight. / Honorific formal address to a knighted person. Usually used with the relevant possessive pronoun.

(mathematics, computing) A spaceship, in a cellular automaton, which moves knightwise (i.e., moving two spaces along the x-axis for every space it moves along the y-axis [or vice versa], in the manner of a chess knight); a spaceship which moves with slope 2; a (2,1) spaceship.

plural of knightship

(rare, obsolete) Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous. / (not comparable) Without a knight.