Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to them, the inner end of the bowsprit steps between them, and is thus prevented from slipping in. The cross-piece prevents it from canting up.
·noun ·pl A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A frame composed of two strong pieces of straight oak timber, fixed upright in the fore-part of a sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail fo...
The nose, from its being the most projecting part of the human face, as the bowsprit is of a ship. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
, or bolt-sprit A large spar, ranking with a lower-mast, projecting over the stem; beyond it exten...
See bitts. ...
The bitts which support the ends or spindles of the windlass, whence they are also called windlass-b...
Those to which the jeers are fastened and belayed. ...
Those to which the cable is made fast. ...
The supports near their ends. ...
See carrick-bitts. ...
In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. ...
A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...
The heart or block of wood used to secure the lower end of the fore-stay, through which the inner en...
The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. ...
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...
The netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail; it is...
Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giv...
One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes f...
One that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter. ...
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed. ...
The same as standards (which see). ...
See slings. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...