Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giving lateral support to that spar.
The crypt at St. Paul's. See Jesus' Chapel, Steeple. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The lower and upper standing-rigging. They are always divided into pairs or couples; that is to say,...
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...
Formerly used; extending from the weather-futtock staves to the opposite lee-channels. ...
See shrouds. ...
, or foot-hook shrouds. Are short pieces of rope or chain which secure the lower dead-eyes and fut...
Synonymous with futtock; a word in use, but not warranted. ...
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. ...
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...
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. ...
See futtock-shrouds ...
See slings. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...