heavy spar
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of heavy spar
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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Thames sailing barges still drift, as in TS Eliot’s The Waste Land, down Greenwich reach, past the Isle of Dogs: “With the turning tide/ Red sails/ Wide/ To leeward, swing on the heavy spar.”
From The Guardian
The heavy spar, which had been bumping heavily against the side, fell clear.
From Project Gutenberg
It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar.
From Project Gutenberg
The bowsprit was crossed by a heavy spar, on which a square-sail was hoisted.
From Project Gutenberg
The Kentucky galena cannot be economically separated from the containing heavy spar.
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