Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A block which is suspended from the extremity of a yard-arm, and through which studdingsail-halyards are led.
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Examples
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"Look ye," returned the other, "if you don't make away with yourself, you skulking spy from the mizzen, we'll drop you to deck like a jewel-block."
Israel Potter Herman Melville 1855
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I suppose Nelson will order him to our fore-yard-arm as a jewel-block.
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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There it hung, like a jewel-block, and every sign of life was soon taken away.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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"I was up on the fore-topgallant yard, sir, a bit ago, just to look to the strap of the jewel-block, which wants some sarvice on it, and
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
ruzuzu commented on the word jewel-block
I like the "studdingsail-halyards."
November 24, 2010
reesetee commented on the word jewel-block
Do they come with fufluns?
November 25, 2010