allotrope

Example Sentences

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The masts strained and cracked, and it seemed every instant that the canvas would be blown out of the boltropes.

From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by Kingston, William Henry Giles

They had spread a handbreadth of mainsail, but the jib was blown out of the boltropes by one big swoop of wind and carried down to leeward, looking like a giant's shirt.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

When the tacking was finished and the sails had again caught the wind, the trysail was torn from the boltropes with a loud crack.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

The headsails, which alone were set, in an instant were blown from the boltropes, and flew like fleecy clouds far away down to leeward.

From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The main staysail shot out of the boltropes with a report like a twelve-pounder, and this eased her so that if the fore staysail would only hold she would go off.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various