boat-hooks

I and my two boat-keepers kept them off as best we could with oars and boat-hooks; but to be constantly at it became exasperating, since there was no reason why we should not leave at once.

Youth, by Joseph Conrad 2004

To make assurance doubly sure, they lit a blue-light, and sent it floating through the depths, while they held their position with two boat-hooks and a fender.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

Ten pairs of eyes are turned towards the stick he has chosen, tracing the lie of it in among its tangled fellows; if the men agree, ten boat-hooks are thrust into it.

A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

The sailors were highly delighted with this mode of conveyance, and, what diverted them most was, that the two boat-hooks which they had brought, had also a sledge to themselves.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The sailors were highly delighted with this mode of conveyance, and, what diverted them most was, that the two boat-hooks which they had brought, had also a sledge to themselves.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

There are ten men with boat-hooks on the jam, all more or less wet from falling in.

A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

He has fished me out of sea and fresh water with boat-hooks; he has continually given me good advice, which if I had only followed would have enabled me to keep out of water and any other sort of affliction; and although he holds the meanest opinion of my intellect for going to such a place as West Africa for beetles, fishes and fetish, he has given me the greatest assistance in my work.

Travels in West Africa 2003

The boat-hooks shook, were lifted in the air, were lowered again into the water and carefully began to push something there.

The Man Who Was Afraid 2003

Against the wall was a broken oar, two boat-hooks and the stained and faded red cushions of a pleasure boat.

The History of Mr. Polly 2003

The boat-hooks glided over the side of the steamer, and, scratching against it, produced a noise like the grinding of teeth.

The Man Who Was Afraid 2003