| 单词 | backstay |
| 例句 | A backstay floated dangling from it, stout rawhide rope, and I used this for lashing mast and keel together. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This, with a few topmast and topgallant backstays cut away, and a few shot through our sails, is the only injury the Peacock has sustained. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z A cord came down each side aslant to the gunwale, and was fastened there—these were the backstays to strengthen the mast when the wind blew rough. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Backed against a backstay, and facing the point where the girl of the Red Mill stood, was Irma Lentz, in mackintosh and veil. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z This so excited me that I could not wait to descend in the usual leisurely fashion, but, gripping the royal backstay, came sliding to the deck like a monkey. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The whole ship was like a lump of ice, and the fore-rigging ready to go by the board, with the lee shrouds and backstays torn away. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Two figures alone were visible; one in a sea helmet and oilskins at the wheel; a second in a long coat and fur cap, holding by a backstay. A Marriage at Sea But he had hardly started when, in going about in the strong wind, the main boom swung across so sharply that it struck the backstays and broke short off. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read The sudden jerk carried away the topmast backstays. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 There's a few of them that are smart seamen, but most of them are rank swabs that don't know a marlinspike from a backstay. Doubloons—and the Girl The wind had increased and there was an ominous harping among the backstays. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea A few months before, he would have descended laboriously and fearfully by way of the shrouds; sliding down a backstay would then have rubbed his palms raw, and visited giddiness upon him. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Then without more ado the splendid human animal clutched a backstay and swarmed aloft with the agility of an ape, showing not a whit of strain after his battle with the roaring seas. The Pirate Woman They ransacked the cross-trees, and the engine-room, and the bowsprit; they explored the backstays, the stays, and the waist, but they found no stowaway. Oswald Bastable and Others “Haul taut fore and aft, my hearties,” shouted Leslie, balancing himself on the lee rail and grasping a backstay, as he anxiously watched the dancing boat. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure "Good iron," he shouted as the backstays twanged a high note of utmost stress. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea They climbed everywhere, up or down, on a sail or its leach, a single rope or a backstay. The Grain Ship A pair of extra backstays, sometimes used by merchantmen, to support the masts when running before the trades. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. By this it was found proved that the "Little Belt" fired the first gun, which by Rodgers' statement cut away a backstay and went into the mainmast. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Then the spar was further secured by shrouds, stays, and backstays; thus providing a very respectable substitute for a mainmast. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure How every day of the twenty-five years of her cried out in creak of block, in clatter of chain sheet, in the 'harping' of the backstays, the straining groan of the burdened masts! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea When the proneness to slip off the unaccustomed foot has been overcome, backstays are not so awkward as they look. Faces and Places Also, small lines for keeping the lee backstays from chafing against the yards. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The ends of the lines were fastened either to the backstay or the taffrail, allowing them to pass over our finger, so that the moment a mackerel took the bait we could feel it. A Yacht Voyage Round England I also caused a set of preventer backstays to be fitted, which enabled us to carry an amount of canvas in a breeze that would otherwise have been impossible. Turned Adrift The Dog-star is high over the mizzen truck, and Canopus, clear of the weather backstays, is a friend to a drowsy helmsman. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea What the "backstay" is to the inhabitant of the district around Lydd, the stilts are to the lonely dwellers in the Landes. Faces and Places The stays and backstays, when the Shannon engaged the Chesapeake, were snaked with half-inch rope from fathom to fathom, to prevent their falling if shot away. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In a moment his jacket and shoes were off, and down he slid like lightning by the topmast weather backstay, and, leaping into the water, swam towards the spot where Jack had fallen. The Three Midshipmen One or two of the backstays had parted, and it was plain that before long the mast would go by the board. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Seas raced up and crashed their bulk at us when, at the word, we strained together to drag the foreyards from the backstays. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea But how many would gratify their taste at the expense of bringing the soil on their own backs, plodding on "backstays" over four miles of loose shingle? Faces and Places Stout ropes which act as backstays do to a mast, by supporting the jib-boom against the pressure of its sail and the ship's motion. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "Shanghaied!" he repeated as he reeled to the rail and caught at a backstay to steady himself. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories "And by the way those backstays are ripped out, and seeing how that mast is wabbling, this schooner is liable to be about as badly mixed up as the people are on board of her." Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The Mate leapt to the ladder, but, as he balanced, we saw one of the men in the main rigging slide down a backstay, drop heavily on deck, recover, and dash on towards the boy. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea “Pass the word for Cap’n Rogers, Webb,” the second mate said to me, and grabbing his glasses he started up the backstays to see the sight. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers A piece of stiff hide, or batten of wood, placed over the backstays fore-swifter of the shrouds, &c., so as to secure the standing rigging from being chafed. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Above them the sails of the foremast stood pale and lofty, and there was the rhythmic jar of a block against a backstay. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories I slid down a backstay to the deck. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Yet he wondered why he could not reach out and grasp the backstay. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Presently he came gliding down by a backstay on deck. In the Wilds of Africa Old superstitious seamen are seen to scratch the backstays with their nails, and whistle to invoke even these cat's-paws, the general forerunner of the steadier breeze. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One and another of the backstays parted, the foretopsail burst with a cannon-like report, after which a terrible rending sound, followed by an indescribable crash, told that both masts had gone by the board. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago Quick as lightning a ship’s boy was seen gliding down a backstay. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean It did no good; the backstay was now farther away. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea I saw, however, that he was not really angry, and I fancy that I gained some credit with him by the way I had sprung on to the backstay. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific They extend from the head of an upper-mast, through an out-rigger, down to the channels before the standing backstays, for supporting the upper spars from to windward. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Towards morning it increased to such a pitch that one of the backstays of the foremast gave way. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago Her starboard backstay had been shot away, her topmast was wounded, though it still stood. The Rival Crusoes The men were sliding to the deck on backstays and running-gear, and the mates were throwing down coils of rope from the belaying-pins. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Some downy feathers, fastened by a silk thread to the after backstay, had, he thought, moved for a moment though the vane quickly dropped again. Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler To take in the slack of the shrouds, stays, and backstays, to bring the same strain as before, and thus secure the masts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The masts had a good rake, and with a seaman's eye I took notice of the furniture, observing the shrouds, stays, backstays, braces to be perfect. The Frozen Pirate And on her deck it was a mess of fallen spars, with her foremast the only stick left, and that—unsupported by backstays and the wind still pressing against the big sail—that was wabbling. Sonnie-Boy's People Job soon shook out the reef, and, descending swiftly by one of the backstays, seized the topsail-halyards. The Lifeboat The helm was put up, and the brig was soon run out of the fire; not, however, until a few more shot were pitched close to us; and one carried away the fore-topmast backstay. Peter Simple That part which is made fast, and not hauled upon; being the shrouds, backstays, and stays for the support of the masts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I recovered myself, trembling and greatly agitated by the noise and the movement coming together, without the least hint having been given me, and grasping a backstay, waited, not knowing what was to happen next. The Frozen Pirate “Ay,” added Tom, “and set all your muscles as taut as weather backstays.” Jacob Faithful “Here it comes, sharp and strong,” he sang out; “down—down, quick, all of you!” and, seizing the backstay, he glided like lightning on deck. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley In a second, as the Yankees say, like greased lightning, I slid down the topmast backstay on deck. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days A minor channel abaft the main channels, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A man scrambled on to the rail, and with an arm clasping a backstay hailed me: "Schooner ahoy!" he bawled, with a strong nasal twang in his cry. The Frozen Pirate Harry, who from the moment the gale sprang up had stood holding on to the weather backstay, now watching the canvas, now the fast rising seas, urged them and Nat to go below. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific The yards were now squared and preventer backstays set up, and the carpenter, having examined the mast, reported that it was secure. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley We were speechless, too, holding on fast to the backstays or gunwale to keep our places in the desperate leaps and lurches the gallant little craft was making. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Also, the thick pieces of plank, fayed together edgeways, and bolted to the sides of the ship for backstays. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. And this, I see, must be the topmast backstay; and this the forestay; and that the topmast stay. Ernest Bracebridge School Days To follow was impossible, as the Lily had every brace and bowline, all her after backstays, several of her lower shrouds, and other parts of her rigging, shot away. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “As soon as the weather moderates, we must set up fresh backstays to the mast and try and rig jury-masts, which will carry us back to Port Royal.” The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The topmasts were working, the lee-shrouds and backstays straining out into endless curves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 The traveller is a strong parrel-strop which passes round the mast, and through two thimbles of which the breast backstays reeve. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The jib was hoisted and bowsed well up, then the backstays, and the topmast-stays were tautened. Ernest Bracebridge School Days I accordingly slung the glass over my shoulder, swung myself off the yard on to the backstay, and so descended to the deck. A Pirate of the Caribbees The old boy was a good deal less taut in the backstays than he had been in the morning, giving me his whole hand to shake on this occasion. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Meanwhile, at my call, the men aloft had come sliding down the backstays and were now mustering on the fore-deck awaiting further instructions. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Another kind is a copper-wire chain or rope hoisted to the truck, then passing down by the backstays over the channels into the sea. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "Lie down!" he shouted wildly through his trumpet; "down by the backstays; down for your lives; every man of you, down!" Great Sea Stories I slid down a backstay, and whilst the officer on watch worked the ship close to them, I got two or three others with all our firearms and shot the lot from the forecastle head. South with Scott Cut away a brace or a backstay, now, aboard that Frenchman, and away would go a whole heap of his canvas. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War For Newman had leaped for a backstay, as the yard swung close, and carried me with him. The Blood Ship Also, a small spar used in the tops and cross-trees, to thrust out and spread the breast backstays to windward. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Not a whit," replied the other; "he doesn't know the backstays from the taffrail. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter In order to enable them to accomplish this purpose in safety, a "man rope," about breast high, extends over each of the spars from the mast to the backstays. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Simpson began at the jibboom-end, cutting away the stays attached thereto, and working his way in, while I made an attack upon the shrouds and backstays. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Preventer braces were reeved and hauled taut; tackles got upon the backstays; and everything done to keep all snug and strong. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader The halyards lead to the taffrail, having a pendant and treble purchase block, which becomes the backstay, to support the mast when the sail is set. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Each mast is held in its place by stays and backstays. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 This done, and the dead-eyes and ratlines squared, the shroud and backstay mats are put on, and the masts and studding-sail booms carefully scraped. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Our skipper was standing just abaft the main-rigging, conning the ship, with one hand on the topmast backstay all ready for a spring, while he signalled the helmsman with the other. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War "What do you suppose is goin' to become of us when she strikes?" bawled the Cap'n, clutching the backstay and leaning into the night. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Only stout, heavily ironed backstays kept mainsail and boom from being blown straight ahead. Poor Man's Rock The stays reach from the mastheads to the centre line of the ship forward; and the backstays come down to the sides of the ship, just behind the masts. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 The lower masts, and the heads of the topmasts and top-gallant masts, are next painted, the yards blacked, and the rigging and backstays fore and aft tarred down. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels The sheet had fouled the great cleat which was bolted to the deck beams amidships aft for the backstay, and that was easily cleared. A Sea Queen's Sailing He kept his clutch on the backstay with the dizzy notion that this saved him from clutching some one's throat. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul I said it was a tedious hole," reiterated Joanna, "and now perhaps you'll believe me—the folk here walk with boards on their feet, what they call backstays. Joanna Godden The stays and backstays are named from the mast-head from which they descend. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 When everybody was tanked up, they got to doing stunts and he bet a thousand with Wessington he could swarm up the backstay to the masthead. Success A Novel Then he paid off to the wind, and we slacked off the sheet with the help of a turn of its fall round the great cleat of the backstay. A Sea Queen's Sailing It was clewed up, and just as another apprentice and myself were getting into the rigging to go up and furl it one of the chain-plates of the maintopmast backstays carried away. Windjammers and Sea Tramps They reached the yard almost simultaneously, and were just stepping on to the foot-ropes when one of them gave a shout; then the pair came sliding down a backstay, with faces as white as tallow. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Besides stays and backstays, the masts have "shrouds" to strengthen them. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 The helm was put up, and the brig was soon run out of the fire; not, however, until a few more shot were pitched close to us, and one carried away the foretopmast backstay. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 "I say—the weather-main-swifter and both backstays are gone; Look to the spars, for—for—there are sometimes—heavy puffs at night—in the Americas!" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Coronado and Garcia were still fast to the backstays, the former a good deal wilted by his hardships, and the latter whimpering. Overland But, to secure the solidity of the masts, he had the shrouds and backstays hauled taut. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Now I think, friend Harris, you set up the backstays of your conscience a little too taught. The Red Rover Travellers are slight iron rings, encircling the backstays, and are used for hoisting the top-gallant yards, and confining them to the backstays. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 The mainmast was working in its shoe, the rigging and backstays sagged. Moran of the Lady Letty Thurstane went to them, got the old man lashed to one of the backstays, and helped Coronado to secure himself to another. Overland The ship answered quickly and rounded to while her weather fore and mizzen yards flew forward until they touched the starboard backstays and the men hauled in the slack of the braces. Java Head "Lie down!" he shouted fearfully through his trumpet; "down by the backstays; down for your lives; every man of you, down!" The Red Rover Then I heard a sound, and lifting heavy head, beheld one who stood upon the bulwark above me, holding on by a backstay with one hand and pistol levelled down at me in the other. Martin Conisby's Vengeance Here the mate returned, according to his orders, leaped upon the rigging, and thence upon a backstay, when he slid on deck with a velocity that set aim at defiance. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Concerned, moreover, for the safety of his masts, the loss of which he acknowledged must be fatal, he had the shrouds well overhauled and the backstays considerably tightened. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain All the top-mast rigging, backstays, &c., had to be set up afresh, and gangs were sent about this duty, forward and aft. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale I felt at times willing to quit my feeble hold of a backstay or shroud, and seek repose by diving into the briny billows beneath. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale "But turn to, sir, turn to," added the mate; "here! aloft there, and free that pennant; it's foul of the backstay—jump!" Redburn. His First Voyage As she stood away we saw an officer leap on to the taffrail, holding on by the mizen backstays. Jim Davis Since I have recovered of this fever, every thing is slack about me; I can't set up the shrouds and backstays of my mind, not to speak of bobstays, if I should die for it. Tom Cringle's Log Out on the crosstrees, I could see, by the light from my lantern, that Plummer was holding in a dazed fashion to the backstay. The Ghost Pirates Obeying an irresistible impulse to take care of "number one," I slid down the topmast cross-trees, caught hold of the weather top-gallant backstay, and came on deck much faster than I went aloft! Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Leith picked himself up, gripped a loose backstay with his left hand and swung himself toward me, striking out viciously with his free right hand when he came within hitting distance. The White Waterfall The main halyards take the place of a backstay. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru "Now, master," shouted I, "put the helm up and lay him alongside—there stand by with the grapplings—one round the backstay the other through the chainplate there—so,—you have it." Tom Cringle's Log Abruptly, as he fired his last shot, I was aware of an indistinct Something, gliding down the starboard royal backstay. The Ghost Pirates Her gaze settled on him, where he hung far out, grasping a backstay, watching the movements below, and her slender form straightened as by the acquisition of new strength. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" I suppose my grip of the backstay relaxed when the ship lay down; but, let the thing have happened how it would, in a breath I was under water. Stories by English Authors: the Sea Our backstays had carried away once before when iced up and were not too strongly fastened now. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition He stood up to windward, holding on by the backstays, and looking up at the sticks to see how much they would bear, when a puff came which settled the matter. Two Years Before the Mast He also, I learnt later, had slid down one of the backstays on to the deck, only a very short while before we reached the top. The Ghost Pirates I had left off, gentlemen, where the Lakeman shook the backstay. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Preventer braces were reeved and hauled taught; tackles got upon the backstays; and each thing done to keep all snug and strong. Two Years Before the Mast Now the backstay fashioned of an oxhide had been flung thereon; therewith I lashed together both keel and mast, and sitting thereon I was borne by the ruinous winds. The Odyssey Done into English prose Preventer braces were reeved and hauled taut, tackles got upon the backstays, and everything done to keep all snug and strong. Two Years Before the Mast The man got out by the royal backstay, and lit his flare. The Ghost Pirates Lingard seized hold of the royal backstay within reach of his hand. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows He stood up to windward, holding on by the backstays, and looking up at the sticks, to see how much they would bear; when a puff came which settled the matter. Two Years Before the Mast |
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