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The bowsprit of the Guerriere caught fast in the rigging of the Constitution, and the sailors on both ships tried to board.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSHer bowsprit and masts were nearly all cut away, and out of more than a hundred men only fourteen were unhurt.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSThey'd got a kind of fore-shortening out of the bowsprit, and another set of canvas partly up that was dirty and patched.
THE BELTED SEASARTHUR COLTONA few wretches alone clung desperately to the forepart of the ship and the stump of the bowsprit.
THE MISSING SHIPW. H. G. KINGSTONThe studding-sails were rigged out, and various strange-shaped sails were set between the masts and above and below the bowsprit.
THE MISSING SHIPW. H. G. KINGSTONThe chain stay parts, dragging loose in the water, while a great strain is put by the foremast on the bowsprit.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONThe men from the boats lashed a cable round her bowsprit, and the gun-vessel towed her away.
THE LIFE OF HORATIO LORD NELSONROBERT SOUTHEYThe bowsprit was driven aft, through the bits against the stump of the foremast, and did its share in the work.
A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURESG. A. HENTYMartingale: A short spar under the bowsprit, used to give more spread to the stays that set the bowsprit or jib-boom down.
THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY, V. 2VARIOUS"You once found me useful enough to fetch and carry, and amusing when I walked the Oriole's bowsprit," I replied ruefully.
RICHARD CARVEL, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILLWORDS RELATED TO BOWSPRIT
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