Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit.
·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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to emine...
Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12). ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
To go up the ladder to rest; to be hanged. ...
The accommodation ladder is a sort of light staircase occasionally fixed on the gangway. It is furni...
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...
The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. ...
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. ...
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...
A stitch fallen in a stocking. ...
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...
Denotes the ladder by which the officers ascend to, and descend from, the quarter-deck. ...
Synonymous with stern-ladder. ...
The assemblage of shakes and short fractures, rising one above another, in a defective single-tree s...
The hatchways, scuttles or other openings in the decks, wherein the ladders are placed. ...
Shrouds rattled too closely. ...
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c. ...
A short trough placed suitably in any fall where the water is tolerably deep, leaving a narrow troug...
See side-ladder ...
, or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...
Made of ropes with wooden steps, for getting in and out of the boats astern. ...
See slings. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...