knight-heads

Standing between the knight-heads, Starbuck watched the

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Finally all of us went to the break of the poop, where we could get a better view, and just as we arrived, a monstrous form came over the knight-heads and stood forth on deck.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

"Never mind," said Allen, one day, when sent on some useless mission in the vicinity of the knight-heads, while the ship was plunging violently, and sending cataracts of salt water over the bowsprit at every dive; "never mind, it will be only for a single passage."

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper

The brig frequently plunged her knight-heads under water, deluging every man on the forecastle with sheets of salt water.

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper

Stanchions were started, the bulwarks crushed away from the knight-heads to the quarter-deck, on the port side, and the deck stove in several places.

The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud

Supposing it might proceed from some person who had fallen overboard and wanted help, he went forward to the knight-heads, and called out, "Who's there?"

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper

` Ugly 'and I stood up, facing each other with our fists doubled, ready for action, in a nice little open space that seemed to have been left especially for the purpose between the heel of the bowsprit and the knight-heads.

Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

The mate, between the knight-heads, exhausted all his official rhetoric, in calls of “Heave with a will!

Chapter XV. A Flogging-A Night on Shore-The State of Things on Board-San Diego 1909

I sprang upon the knight-heads, and seizing hold of the fore-stay with my hands, drew myself upon it.

Chapter XXXI. Bad Prospects-First Touch of Cape Horn-Icebergs-Temperance Ships-Lying-Up-Ice-Difficulty on Board-Change of Course-Straits of Magellan 1909

Another one must go: I was near the mate, and sprang forward, threw the downhaul over the windlass, and jumped between the knight-heads out upon the bowsprit.

Chapter V. Cape Horn-A Visit 1909