shank-painter

As the starboard bower-anchor was hanging only by the shank-painter, and its stock, which was of iron, was working into the ship's side, the chain-cable was unshackled, and the anchor was cut away from the bows.

The Wreck on the Andamans Joseph Darvall

He started to cast off the shank-painter of the second anchor, when Bill Blunt's hoarse bellow pealed from aft.

Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle

As her own ring-stopper and shank-painter were weak, the patent windlass unlocked, and the end of the cable not secured in the chain-locker, the _Ishmaelite_ walked calmly away with the anchor and a hundred fathoms of chain, which, at the next port, she sold as legitimate spoil of the sea.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

While he was thus busied, Mark was looking to the stopper and shank-painter of the sheet-anchor, which had been got ready to let go, before Captain Crutchely was lost.

The Crater James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Then he passed down to the cable himself, directing his companions to hand him the rope-end of the shank-painter, which he fastened to the cable by a jamming hitch.

The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Then he was seen on the taffrail of the felucca, with a spare shank-painter, which had been lying on the forecastle, on his shoulder.

The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820

As a matter of course, while the cable was paid out, the portion to which the lanyard or rope part of the shank-painter was fastened dropped into the water, while the felucca rode by the chain.

The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820

We are catted and fished, sir, and the forecastle-men are passing the shank-painter at this moment. "

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820