[
US
/ˈboʊtsweɪn/
]
[ UK /bˈəʊtsweɪn/ ]
[ UK /bˈəʊtsweɪn/ ]
NOUN
- a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
How To Use boatswain In A Sentence
- Silent Pete, the boatswain, as I later found out, tossed me a mop.
- Then the lanky, bearded boatswain would take the helm while the captain conned the ship from one bridge wing or the other, with the chief engineer at his elbow
- I thought a moment, and then I called the boatswain's mate to pipe _all hands to bathe_. Peter Simple
- Some say they are old mates or boatswains watching to see that your job is done in a proper ship-shape way.
- During this time one of the wheelsmen got aft, securing a few pieces of bread, and came forward again with the mate and boatswain.
- I called the boatswain's mate to _pipe all hands to bathe_. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
- Take for instance, the boatswain's mate who needs to put that new coat of paint on the bulkhead.
- The boatswain tells them that the ship is in fine condition.
- Traditionally, mastheads and yardarms of RN ships were decorated with bunches of greenery, a task carried out by the boatswain's party in the dark hours of the night on December 24.
- The boatswain and several seamen were killed by the Haytian fire. A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle