main-shrouds

She was standing a dozen feet away, one hand resting on the main-shrouds and her body swaying gently to the slight roll of the ship.

Chapter 24 2010

And he knows how to use the single elegant detail—like that palm-trunk wedged in the main-shrouds and lashing murderously about—to sharpen and give substance to our imaginative participation in the action.

Archive 2006-12-01 Bruce Schauble 2006

And he knows how to use the single elegant detail—like that palm-trunk wedged in the main-shrouds and lashing murderously about—to sharpen and give substance to our imaginative participation in the action.

Heavy Weather Bruce Schauble 2006

Just as we came under his quarter he pointed a gun that was sticking out a little abaft his main-shrouds right at us, and put the match to it, but it happened very luckily that the gun blew.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

On ascending he swam to gain the main-shrouds, when three men suddenly seized hold of him.

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

When the stores had been received on board, the anchor was weighed in order to take up a more favourable position for making a start, but, unfortunately, shortly after the ship got underway, a man named Peter Flowers fell from the main-shrouds into the sea and was drowned before assistance could be rendered: the second death since leaving England.

The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907

Mr. Barker perceived that they would overtake him before long, and he determined on flight, not forward or aft, but aloft; and he leisurely lifted himself into the main-shrouds, and climbing half-way, hooked his feet through the ratlines.

Doctor Claudius, A True Story 1881

She had a flush or level deck from the well in the bows to a fathom or so past the main-shrouds; it was then broken by a short poop-deck, which went in a great spring or rise to the stern, that was after the pink style, very narrow and tall.

The Frozen Pirate 1877

"Just going," was the reply, and giving up his place by the starboard main-shrouds to Fitz, the lad ran across the deck to the port side, where he began to ascend, the pair meeting at the masthead upon equal terms.

Fitz the Filibuster George Manville Fenn 1870

He stopped at the main-shrouds again, the axe descended and the mainmast went over the side.

A Chapter of Adventures 1867