capstan bar

noun

capstan bar

First recorded in 1620–30

First one that raises a hand off a capstan-bar, drill him through the head.

Mahmud loosed his hold on the capstan-bar and in great anguish approached.

Desperately I seized a capstan bar and knocked the wedges and battens off a hatch cover.

He must live so far fr'm th' sea that he don't know a capstan bar fr'm a sheet anchor.

Nor did I ever have a headache except the time my head was healing after having been laid open for six inches by a capstan-bar.

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