boatsman

How to use boatsman in a sentence

• Unfortunately the father chose to add an exordium for the benefit of the astonished boatsman still lying on his oars.

  The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories | Bret Harte

• He struck the cruel boatsman, and was lashed to the mast and flogged until he died.

  Sustained honor | John R. Musick,

• Woe to the boatsman who passed the rock at the close of day!

  Legends of the Rhine | Wilhelm Ruland