mainbrace
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then he doled out the latter and ordered the mainbrace to be spliced.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
We did not forget Empire Day and duly "spliced the mainbrace."
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
"No, sir; I ain't going to offer any except 'Hands, splice the mainbrace!'"
From In the Yellow Sea by Frith, Henry
O, my dear eyes! what a relief it was to Mr. Migott and myself to find ourselves in our floating castle, boxing the compass, dancing the hornpipe, and splicing the mainbrace freely in our ocean-home.
From Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Collins, Wilkie
We spliced the mainbrace, or, as you would say, served out drams; and the helm being lashed a-lee, the ship's company were sent below, to obtain the rest they stood so much in need of.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay
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