mainbrace
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"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
The men on board give a loud cry; the chief mate springs wildly to the starboard quarter, and, making the end of the mainbrace hanging there fast round his waist, drops into the sea.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
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
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