Ropes used to steady boats' davits.
·noun A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A piece of timber or iron, with sheaves or blocks at its end, projecting over a vessel's quarter or ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Stout ropes which act as backstays do to a mast, by supporting the jib-boom against the pressure of ...
The jib traveller guys are seized on to the traveller, and are shortened in and set up when the jib ...
See davit. ...
A curved piece of timber with a sheave at its outer end, which projects over the boat's stern, while...
The lashing which secures the davit to the shrouds when out of use. ...
(See davit.) That which steps into a shoe in the fore-chains, and is used for fishing an anchor. ...
Otherwise fish-davit (which see). ...
A rope made fast to the outer end of a davit, and rove through a block made fast to a vessel's mast ...