Poppet \Pop"pet\, n.

1. See Puppet.

2. (Naut.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. --Totten.

3. (Mach.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Puppet \Pup"pet\, n. [OE. popet, OF. poupette; akin to F. poup['e]e a doll, probably from L. puppa, pupa, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf. Poupeton, Pupa, Pupil, Puppy.]

[Written also poppet.]

1. A small image in the human form; a doll.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)