davit

• He knew something of Doc's uncanny keenness of vision Employing a regular lifeboat davit, Doc lowered his shell to the surface. —  008 - The Sargasso Ogre
• Four of them could jump into one of the cutters, lower the boat from the davit, and might reach the shore before a single man could call assistance, and get another boat into the water. —  Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
• Fore and main channels on the ship were carried away, leaving all lee rigging slack and useless; lower braces caught in the steamer's davit-cleats and snapped, but the sails, held by the weather braces, remained full, and the yards did not swing. —  "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
• There being no davit or crane, we had just to fling ourselves into the sea, and climb up as best we could, carrying a line to haul up our clothing from the boat and other apparatus after landing, while the oarsmen kept her outside the surf.
• He was half hidden by a davit, so that two men who approached along the deck did not see him, and as they passed Tarzan caught enough of their conversation to cause him to fall in behind them, to follow and learn what deviltry they were up to. —  Return of Tarzan

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