water-breaker

At ten A.M. went on shore, and examined the cave in which these men had been living, and made strict search. found a water-breaker, painted stone colour, a small piece of light canvass, apparently part of the fore-and-aft sail of a boat, with a brass thimble in it, a small piece of tarpaulin, with a few strands of fine Manila rope.

Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York 2003

I rowed in to the beach, drew the dinghy up a little way on the sand, shouldered the water-breaker, and went ploughing up through the loose, dry sand till I got up on to the short turf above.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

I had only one canvas water-breaker; that was a big one, too big for me to carry single-handed from the spring to the dinghy.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

Then I refilled the petrol tank of the engine in readiness for a quick getaway; finally, I got the dinghy over the side and put the canvas water-breaker in her.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

It was not till the vessel came fairly opposite him that the singer revealed herself in Nan sitting on a water-breaker in the lee of the companion hatch.

Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

The scheme had an air of adventure that inspired me, and the thought of the water-breaker beside the fore companion doubled my growing courage.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

And all them redcoat fellers got was a dead horse and a horse with a water-breaker on him.

Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

I was keeping my foothold with difficulty, loaded with a water-breaker ....

Foe-Farrell Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

But before you start baling the boat, I'll ask you to note that the third water-breaker is stove, and it was the only full one.

Foe-Farrell Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

They had a drink from the water-breaker, and I drank too.

Lord Jim 1900