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Davit

noun
1.
A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat).





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... way being now checked, the second roller deadens it completely, and she is thrown off the wind. The third then taking her right abeam, she careens over so far that the whole of her lee-bulwark, from cat-head to stern-davit, is ducked under water. ...
— The Land of Fire - A Tale of Adventure • Mayne Reid
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... behind, dragged down upon my back, and a handkerchief slipped round my mouth. I struggled as hard as I could, but a coil of rope was rapidly and firmly wound round me, and I found myself lashed to the davit of one of the boats, utterly powerless to do or say anything, while the point of a knife pressed to my throat warned me to cease my struggles. The night was so dark that I had been unable hitherto to recognise ...
— The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle
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... he had kept afloat for some minutes, sustaining both himself and his burden by his own strength; but after a while he succeeded in clutching on to the davit-tackle by which the gig had been let down into the water, and having passed his foot through a loop in the end of it, he remained half suspended, half afloat on the water. Soon after came the explosion, caused by the ignition of the gunpowder; and as the vessel was ...
— The Ocean Waifs - A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea • Mayne Reid
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... lads; round-in smartly upon your weather braces," said I. "So! well there; take a turn; but be ready to fill again when I give the word. Now, Mr Forbes, are you ready with the davit tackles?" ...
— The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" • Harry Collingwood
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... the port had been growing greater all the time. About this time the people began jumping from the stern. I thought of jumping myself, but was afraid of being stunned on hitting the water. Three times I made up my mind to jump out and slide down the davit ropes and try to make the boats that were lying off from the ship, but each time Long got hold of me and told me to wait a while. He then sat down and I stood up waiting to see what would happen. Even then we thought ...
— Sinking of the Titanic - and Great Sea Disasters • Various
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Words linked to "Davit" :   crane, ship


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