deep-waisted

So the deep-waisted smacks that fish for many generations, and even the famous “London trader”

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Persians_ the Chorus salutes Atossa in terms every one of which emphasizes this point: "O queen, supreme of Persia's deep-waisted matrons, aged mother of Xerxes, hail to thee! spouse to Darius, consort of the Persians, god and mother of a god thou art," while

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

So the deep-waisted smacks that fish for many generations, and even the famous "London trader" (a schooner of five-and-forty tons), have rest from their labors, whenever they wish or whenever they can afford it, in the arms of the land, and the mouth of the water, and under the eyes of

Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War 1862

This was no other than our great traveller, the monkey, rigged out as a marine, and planted like a sentry on the middle step of the short ladder, which, in deep-waisted vessels, is placed at the gangway, and reaches from the deck to the top of the bulwark.

The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862

When the after-part of the deck is raised they are known as being deep-waisted, as is the case with many merchantmen.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Ships thus built are spoken of as deep-waisted, because the centre part is deeper or lower than the after-part.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

She was a deep-waisted vessel, with three masts, the foremast and mainmast square-rigged, while the aftermast carried a long lateen-shaped sail called the mizen, with a square topsail and topgallantsail.

The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"That's her, I've a notion," he said at length, pointing to a deep-waisted craft with a raised poop and forecastle, and with much greater beam than our own wall-sided merchantmen.

Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

She was deep-waisted, with a high poop, and topgallant forecastle, from beneath each of which two guns were so placed that should boarders gain the deck, they would be quickly shot down.

Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

In that age such craft were very common, sloops of war having that construction quite as often as that of the more modern deep-waisted vessel.

The Crater James Fenimore Cooper 1820