boatswain's pipe

American  

noun

1. a high-pitched whistle used by a boatswain for giving signals.

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boatswain's pipe

Then down the gangplank, to the mournful tweetle of the boatswain's pipe, stepped little Haile Selassie in a sun helmet and a long white cloak.

From Time Magazine Archive

The drum beats to quarters, and whilst the roll yet reverberates around, the shrill sound of the boatswain’s pipe is heard above all.

From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by William Scoresby

Presently, too, life on board the vessels was stirring, and the shrill whistle of the boatswain’s pipe roused all hands to their duties.

From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by W. (William) Rainey

Early in the morning Captain Bradly turned his hands up by the boatswain's pipe, and bade them breakfast off their beef and parched corn.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield

That evening about sunset old Ap’s boatswain’s pipe was heard high above the whistling wind; the breeze had freshened, and sail was being taken in, and the starboard courses were hauled farther aft.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables