These are made with large rope, and an eye spliced in each end; they are secured round the bowsprit, on the upper side, with a rose lashing. They are almost entirely superseded by iron bands.
·noun A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; — usually...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Those cut through the fore-part of the knee of the head, between the cheeks, for the admission of th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Iron plates by which the lower end of the bobstay is attached to the stem. ...