单词 | hawsepipe |
例句 | With a rush and a roar the stout hempen cable ran through the hawsepipe, the vessel snubbed, swung round, and the next moment the cable parted as if made of pack thread. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The fo'lk'sle, too, from the fact of the cable running through it, was like a neglected sewer, the blocks of foul-smelling mud dropping continually from the links as they came in through the hawsepipes. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z His progression up the ranks is known in the trade as “coming up through the hawsepipe,” an allusion to the opening that a ship’s anchor chain passes through. Staten Island Ferry Crash Puts Focus on Experience 2010-05-22T02:34:00Z The No. 5 heaved anchor, the chain clanking and chattering in a hawsepipe. Poor Man's Rock With a hammer he knocked out the stopper; the starboard anchor dropped and the red rust flew from her hawsepipe as the anchor chain screamed through it. Cappy Ricks Retires |
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