The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads.
Blocks in whalers for cutting blubber on. (See white-horse.) ...
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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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...
A meal without drinking. ...
The crew of the state barge; usually fifteen selected men, to support the captain in any daring expl...
In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...
Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...
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...
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. ...
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677). No later mention. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) West out of Northumberland Alley, Fenchurch Street (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the ...
See slings. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...
See Coach and Horses' Yard4. ...
See White Horse Inn. ...