bowsprit

[ UK /bˈa‍ʊspɹɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
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How To Use bowsprit In A Sentence

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  • Weak, trembling, soaking wet, I made my way back along the bowsprit until I could climb into the forepeak. STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER
  • Ashtalán smiled as she watched him go, and then leaped nimbly from the deck to the bowsprit.
  • Without the support of the bowsprit, the long spar that extends forward from the bow of the ship, there was no support for the masts.
  • He hoisted himself onto the cutwater, and by the bowsprit arrived at the forecastle. The Mysterious Island
  • Without the support of the bowsprit, the long spar that extends forward from the bow of the ship, there was no support for the masts.
  • I hung over the side of the pulpit and saw that the bobstay chain was shackled to the end cap on the bowsprit, so I hunted up a wrench and another shackle.
  • Besides some broken sails, they suffered a huge wipe out, breaking a rudder, daggerboard and bowsprit, and shredding their spinnaker in the process. Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • Three sails are carried on the bowsprit along with the spritsail that hangs from the spritsail yard.
  • Her bowsprit carries two foresails, and her large mainsail is gaff rigged, with an upside-down triangle of topsail to fill the gap at the masthead.
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