outstretcher

"outstretcher" had no longer much interest for them, being a thing that was overcome, and which was to descend from an impossibility to a landmark, from which, by degrees, they would almost silently steal down the coast, counting their miles by thousands, until Vasco de Gama should boldly carry them round to India.

The Life of Columbus Arthur Helps 1844

This outstretcher -- for such is the meaning of the word _bojador_ -- was, therefore, as a bar drawn across that advance in maritime discovery which had for so long a time been the first object of

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

This outstretcher (for such is the meaning of the word Bojador) was therefore as a bar drawn across that advance in maritime discovery, which had for so long a time been the first object of Prince Henry's life.

The Life of Columbus Arthur Helps 1844