cockswain
Example Sentences
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A working boat of two or four oars, with the coach for a cockswain, is used for this purpose.
From Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 by Various
"Keep the boat broadside on," observed R—— to the cockswain.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
When we got to the edge of the surf the cockswain hailed them, and after singing out who I was, he and his men threw me into the water.
From My Friend The Murderer by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The cockswain persuaded us that the seal was dead to a certainty; but that P—— had stowed such a locker of shot in its head, it was too heavy to float.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
Keep your weather eye up, your Honour," exclaimed the cockswain from his commanding point to P——, who had not seen the advancing ducks; "keep your weather eye up.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
