| 单词 | spritsail |
| 例句 | A little drenched spritsail was spread from an insignificant mast, and four crouching figures with dusky faces were partly visible amidst the wisps of spray that whirled about her. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Our spritsail yard, broken in two places, dangled from the bowsprit; while our mainmast was splintered from the futtock-shrouds to within ten feet of the deck. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z He went to sleep, however, wet as he was, and after an early breakfast next morning they started again, with both spritsails up in torrential rain. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z As the ship went in, one of the crew, named Henry Shergall, fell overboard as he was going into the spritsail top, and was drowned; on which account this was named Shergall's Harbour.' History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z When the wind is aft, and not too strong, the Indian makes a spritsail of his blanket. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z To remedy the roundness of the hull, Lethierry had fitted out a boom at the bowsprit, which allowed him to add a false spritsail to the regular one. Toilers of the Sea In quick succession we jumped off the spritsail yard, the black leading. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 They swept around it, and after skirting a half-seen, rocky beach ran with spritsail thrashing into a little basin down to which there crept rows of mist-wrapped trees. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The foremast had a square foresail, the mainmast a mainsail and maintopsail, and there was a spritsail on the bowsprit. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose A small scow might have a one-mast or two-mast spritsail rig, or might be gaff rigged; a large scow might be sloop rigged or schooner rigged. The Migrations of an American Boat Type She was seventeen feet long, and rowed very easily, and she carried a small mast with a spritsail. Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly When the ship came head to wind she struck the R�volutionnaire just before the mainmast, slewed our cut-water right across, carried away the jib-boom, spritsail yard, &c., and then backed clear of her. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 There's just enough to take us a mile or two down the beach over the tide with the spritsail set. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z One of the Italians took a turn with it over a cleat, while I hastened to lower our big spritsail. Tales of the Fish Patrol The spritsail was quilted with oakum and flax, and one of the top-gallant sails was prepared in the same manner, to see whether any thing would sink into the leak, but all in vain. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Most of our ships were either so widely separated or so much disabled, that several of the enemy left behind succeeded in making their escape under spritsails. Won from the Waves I could just make out through the gloom that the boat was no longer in her place, and presently I saw several figures carrying some bags go forward and disappear from the spritsail yard. The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific Out of this well forked the bowsprit, with the spritsail yard braced fore and aft. The Frozen Pirate Whereupon we cast off and hoisted the spritsail. Tales of the Fish Patrol I concluded to take a boat, and procured of Frank Stanley a little row-boat, with a spritsail for running before the wind; for I intended to choose my own time for crossing. Adrift in the Ice-Fields Her adventures were not over, though; for at 3 p.m., on her homeward course, she fell in with the Jemappes, wholly dismasted, and moved only by means of her spritsails. True Blue From the light spars of the ship they rigged two masts for each boat and with the light canvas provided each one with two spritsails and a jib. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure I wished to make all the northing that was possible, but there was nothing to be done in that way with the spritsail alone. The Frozen Pirate Forward the ships had bowsprits, on which each set a spritsail, from a spritsail yard. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. But in summer time the trade was also carried on by open spritsail boats of from eight to ten tons. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 When the Frenchmen discovered this, they once more rehoisted their colours, and, setting a spritsail on the bowsprit, endeavoured to make off. True Blue The bowsprit formerly had one yard, called the spritsail yard. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence In this time I had run a distance of about six hundred and fifty miles to the east, and with no other cloths upon the schooner than her spritsail. The Frozen Pirate By and by he saw the small boat, with its spritsail white in the sun, go away toward the south, and the lonely coast was left as lonely as before. Macleod of Dare We ran alongside and doused our little spritsail. The Road She set her lips as she watched Thirlwell haul the spritsail sheet. The Lure of the North The 5th October, our foresail split, on which our master brought the mizen-sail to the foremast to make the ship work, and we mended our foresail with our spritsail. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. All that day and through the night that followed the schooner drove, rolling and plunging before the seas, into the north-east, to the pulling of the spritsail. The Frozen Pirate When I was thirteen I could cast a line, manage a spritsail, pull an oar or handle a tiller as well as any boy on the north coast of England. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Then, late in the afternoon, we hoisted our small spritsail and started. The Road Gazing at the driving clouds that blotted out the forest, she tried to ask if he could find the river, but just then the canoe rolled and the little spritsail swelled like a balloon. The Lure of the North A third breaker wrenched off the spritsail yard. The Man Who Laughs The spritsail further helped her in this, for, if the curl of a sea under her forefoot brought her to larboard or starboard, the sail forced her back again. The Frozen Pirate Set our spritsail, topsail & squaresail, with a fair breeze of wind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 The light ships-fared the best, as not so much labouring in the sea; but two or three of them drove, and came close by us, running away with only their spritsail out before the wind. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes When day broke they succeeded in wearing the ship with a remnant of the spritsail. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Whereupon we cast off and hoisted the spritsail. Tales of the Fish Patrol Oh, heaven! how different from the dull ambling of the morning, the sluggish pitching and rolling to the weak pulling of the spritsail! The Frozen Pirate The best quartermaster was sent to the wheel, with orders to keep the chase directly over the weather end of the spritsail yard. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue "I sat up most of last night with the spritsail sheet in my hand, and I'm going to sleep." Vane of the Timberlands At this instant the lad on the spritsail—yard sung out quick and suddenly, "A shark, a shark!" Tom Cringle's Log One of the Italians took a turn with it over a cleat, while I hastened to lower our big spritsail. Tales of the Fish Patrol Without waiting any longer he drove the Japanese guard from the ship, bent the foresail and spritsail, loaded the artillery, and, with weapons in hand, one morning set the ship in readiness to weigh anchor. History of the Philippine Islands We snapped off three flying-jib-booms in twenty-four hours, as fast as they could be fitted and rigged out; sprung the spritsail yard, and made nothing of studding-sail booms. Two Years Before the Mast Bit by bit was disclosed the clean run of a beautiful white whale-boat, which when turned over discovered her oars laid neatly side by side, with a small spritsail. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Early in the morning I had noticed a tiny outrigger canoe, with an impossible spritsail, skimming the surface of the lagoon. The Cruise of the Snark We snapped off three flying-jib booms in twenty-four hours, as fast as they could be fitted and rigged out; sprung the spritsail yard; and made nothing of studding-sail booms. Two Years Before the Mast Wherever the spray struck, it turned instantly to frost, and the dipping boom of the spritsail was quickly fringed with icicles. The Faith of Men The head stays and guys, and the spritsail yard were lined, and, having still more, we got out the swinging-booms, and strung them and the forward and after guys with hides. Two Years Before the Mast The deserted boat was in the trough of the sea, rolling drunkenly across each comber, its loose spritsail out at right angles to it and fluttering and flapping in the wind. The Sea Wolf I had seen the boat-steerers and hunters set their spritsails many times, yet this was my first attempt. The Sea Wolf I came on deck to find the Ghost heading up close on the port tack and cutting in to windward of a familiar spritsail close-hauled on the same tack ahead of us. The Sea Wolf The spritsail filled with the wind, suddenly, careening the frail open craft till it seemed it would surely capsize. The Sea Wolf The spritsail flapped emptily and the boat righted to an even keel, causing the two men swiftly to change position. The Sea Wolf |
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