knight-head

The other, however, was disposed to be as reserved as himself, for he quitted the knight-head, and took refuge from the splashing of the water used in washing the decks, in his own cabin.

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

A long and gloomy silence followed, during which Raoul turned his face aft, and stood looking at the movements of the men as they washed the decks, while Ithuel seated himself on a knight-head, and his chin resting on his hand, he sat ruminating, in bitterness of spirit, like

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

Never before had she sung so well; as a proof of which Ithuel left his knight-head and came aft to listen, while the two French mariners on watch temporarily forgot their duty, in entranced attention.

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

Ithuel was posted on a knight-head, where he sat watching his old enemy, the Proserpine; the proximity of that ship not allowing him to sleep.

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

At length, sighing heavily, he rose from the knight-head, and turned toward the mouth of the bay, as if to conceal from Raoul the expression of his countenance.

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