cockswain
Example Sentences
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Accordingly, the boats were got out, and part of the cargo at once transferred to them, and conveyed to the shore, I acting as cockswain on the occasion.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 by William Chambers
With these the cutter wad quickly swung out, and the crew took their places in her, the bowman at the forward tackle, and the cockswain at the after.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.
From Fighting for the Right by A. B. Shute
"Blaze away, your Honours," shouted the cockswain, and mounting to the top of the rock, endeavoured with an oar, which he handled like a flail, to knock down every gull that came within reach.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
I jumped up, and running out of the tent, saw the cockswain standing like a nautical statue, motionless, gazing upwards, and with a stick grasped firmly in his hand.
From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross
