A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.
A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flirtgigg (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior').
Generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c., compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack.
A female given name from Latin.
A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
A friend; a mate.
To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
To brood, cover, or sit over, as birds their eggs.