boatswain betydelse and definition

Exempel på boatswain

• A boatswain on board an English ship-of-war is a more important personage than he is apt to be on board an American. 

• The boatswain and carpenter, and also the clerk, Mr. Samuel, were allowed to come upon deck. 

• The boatswain had power to beat the laggards and the ship's boys with a cane, or with a piece of knotted rope. 

• The boatswain, gunner, and carpenter, who are called the warrant-officers, always remain on board, even when the rest of the officers and crew are paid off, and the ship laid up in ordinary. 

• This boatswain was a young man, who had been for some years a follower of the Admiral in different ships, and to whom he had just given a warrant. 

• The boatswain was degraded and sentenced to 50 lashes while the four others were sentenced to 27 lashes.

• Sailors, craftsmen and boatswains were known for fostering a tolerant attitude towards alcohol.

• Just aft of that was a small mess for the petty officers (chief cook, chief steward, boatswain, and carpenter) consisting of four bunks and a table.