mainbrace
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I guess though, as ye’re so precious merry, ye might hev a pull taken at thet lee mainbrace.
From The Island Treasure by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
"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
"Against the wind he now steers for the open jaw," murmured Starbuck to himself, as he coiled the new-hauled mainbrace upon the rail.
From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
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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