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• fid
  fid

  noun

  a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
• -fid
  -fid

  a combining form meaning “divided,” “lobed,” occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (bifid ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (pinnatifid ).
• fid.
  fid.

  abbreviation

  fiduciary.

fid

¹ American  

[fid] / fɪd /

noun

Nautical.

1. a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.

2. a stout bar used to hold a running bowsprit in its extended position.

3. a wooden or metal pin for parting strands of a rope.

4. a bar or pin used as a key or toggle.

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-fid ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “divided,” “lobed,” occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (bifid ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (pinnatifid ).

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fid. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. fiduciary.

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fid ¹ British  

/ fɪd /

noun

1. a spike for separating strands of rope in splicing

2. a wooden or metal bar for supporting the heel of a topmast

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-fid ² British  

combining form

1. divided into parts or lobes

   bifid

   pinnatifid

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Etymology

Origin of fid¹

First recorded in 1605–15; origin uncertain

Origin of -fid²

< Latin -fidus divided, equivalent to -fid- (variant stem of findere to split) + -us adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Fid, Hartland, and others carried poor Gipples below.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Fid was the chief quizzer; but he had got several others to join him in making a butt of Gregory.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Harry will join me, and I will have Tim Fid and a good set of staunch men.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

No Gipples appeared, and Fid felt sure that he must have slipped purposely overboard.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Fid sprang out of his way; and so eager had he been, that he pitched head-forward down the hatchway.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles