collards

Example Sentences

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To guard against the possibility of any of the party being swept away by the undertow, the halliards had been unrove and were used as a life-line.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

But the bunting was only half-way up when the halliards broke, and the flag remained at half-mast.

From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Nilsen, Anthon Bernhard Elias

At the mast-head of both fore and main, men were reeving fresh halliards for the purpose of sending the aerials aloft.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

He was at the mast as he spoke, and Thomasin heard the thin scream of the unoiled sheave as the topsail halliards ran through it.

From Beggars on Horseback by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

The shroud halliards still held, and the wire shrouds themselves trailed athwart both bulwarks.

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)