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bowsprit - use in sentences
Converse of object
- have: In the meantime, if your boat has a bowsprit, could you please check the bobstay, its attachments and its components.
- rig: The ships were all cleared for action with topgallant masts struck by bowsprits rigged in.
- retract: All went well until we hit the problem of how to retract the bowsprit.
- see: You can see the bowsprit, foremast with crow's nest, a cannon.
Adjective modifier
- long: These were clinker built cutters with a large spread of sail and a very long bowsprit.
- retractable: The retractable bowsprit and easily raised or lowered mast make the 24 ' economical to berth and suitable for single-handed sailing.
Modifies a noun
- shroud: Not as flexible as the other polyesters but good for bobstay and bowsprit shroud tackles and deadeye lanyards.
- barge: Repertor and Greta were re-playing a familiar tussle, while Decima had passed them both and was now chasing the bowsprit barges.
- plate: Hull Plates Or chainplates, shroud plates, bowsprit plates; call them what you will.
- traveler: This is a modified version of bowsprit traveler with plates to attach a furling gear.
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