coast-guards

And while they were striving for precedence toward the middle, the coast-guards from either side marched upon them, according to their very best drill and in high discipline, to knock down almost any man with the pommel of the sword.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

Old Joe shut his mouth sternly; for he hated and scorned the coast-guards, whose wages were shamefully above his own, and who had the impudence to order him for signals; while, on the other hand, he found free trade a policy liberal, enlightening, and inspiriting.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

A light breeze blew off the land, which was another favorable omen; and it was reported that the coast-guards had seen that morning the Manx fishing-fleet about twelve miles to the south'ard.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

By four o'clock the vessel was well into Portuguese waters, and Hindhaugh was prepared to defy any quantity of Spanish coast-guards.

Stories by English Authors: the Sea Various

Their chiefs are coast-guards of the old days called back to their former service in the

Some Naval Yarns Mordaunt Hall

The real business of the coast-guards, and that to which they devote themselves in peace or war, is firing rockets over a ship in distress and trying to land the crew.

Some Naval Yarns Mordaunt Hall

Spanish coast-guards, who had sighted the vessel and hurried to the shore to capture the expedition.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 34, July 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Various

If there is a ship ashore or on the rocks, signal-rockets are sent up to collect the coast-guards; and it would seem that a couple of these would wake most of the persons in that corner of England.

Some Naval Yarns Mordaunt Hall

I pushed my way along the cliffs through the gorse, till I came to the patch where the coast-guards had lain.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

It flashed on me that perhaps the night-riders had a cave below the cliff-brow, and that the coast-guards had discovered the secret.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922