capstan-bars

"You'll lump around one of them capstan-bars," Murphy said.

CHAPTER L 2010

Madison, pushing upon the capstan-bars right merrily and with heartiness.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

Now when I had gotten back, I found all things in a mighty scurry — men running about in their shirts and drawers, some in the galley bringing fire from the stove, and others lighting a fire of dry weed to leeward of the galley, and along the starboard rail there was already a fierce fight, the men using capstan-bars, even as I had done.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

The men were putting away the capstan-bars; but at my abrupt appearance, and the yell I gave out at falling, one or two of them fairly ran backwards a short distance, in sheer funk, before they realised what it was.

The Ghost Pirates 2007

The bustle of the ship passes dimly round about them; the hurrying noise of crew and officers running on their duty; the tramp and song of the men at the capstan-bars; the bells ringing, as the hour for departure comes nearer and nearer, as mother and son, father and daughter, husband and wife, hold hands yet for a little while.

The Newcomes 2006

He then gave these orders, -- "Veer the ship, and lay her head to the westward: let some of the best men be employed in refit - ting the rigging, and the carpenter in getting crows and capstan-bars to prevent our wounded spars from coming down: and get the wine up for the people, with some bread, for it may be half an hour good before we are again in action."

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

For ten minutes, according to the official account of the affair, the air was filled with grindstones, four-pound shot, iron crows, handspikes, capstan-bars, boat-hooks, billets of wood and imprecations, and when it cleared there was not in any of the boats a man who did not bear upon his person some bloody trace of that terrible fusillade.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

-- We then made a raft of the davit, capstan-bars and some boards, and waited with resignation, for divine Providence to assist us.

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. Anonymous

The gun must be pivoted and trained so as to bring its muzzle towards the direction in which it is to be transported, the transporting-trucks shipped and secured to their axles, the chocking-quoins placed, the training-trucks thrown out of action, the compressors brought to bear to confine the gun near the middle of the slide, some of the tackles hooked for dragging, and others, with capstan-bars, for guiding and steadying it.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

The after-capstan was a roundabout, with its squealing passengers suspended from capstan-bars.

A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926