cockswain

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The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text.

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.

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 Ross, William A.

The captain nodded at the cockswain, and the bowman shoved off.

From Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing by Optic, Oliver

"Why, the place is as silent as a grave-yard," muttered the old cockswain of the cutter.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

But a Yankee sailor is a hard man to kill—in three weeks cockswain James was at his post again.

From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James