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His cargo was to consist of forty-eight "knees" and the breast-hook of the seventy-four.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
chained_bear commented on the word breast-hook
"'In the meantime, let us look at the wreck of the bows with Chips.' ... By what light the lanterns could be induced to shed they gazed at the breast-hooks—at the horrible gashes round the breast-hooks—and sighed."
--Patrick O'Brian, Blue at the Mizzen, 26–27
A Sea of Words: "Breast-hooks: Thick pieces of timber, curved like knees and used to reinforce the bows of a ship." (p. 119)
March 27, 2008
reesetee commented on the word breast-hook
Good grief, these sound painful.
March 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word breast-hook
And I thought my boycott of women's boxing might have spared me :-(
March 27, 2008