boatswain : Idioms & Phrases


boatswain bird

  • noun mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
    tropic bird; tropicbird.
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boatswain's chair

  • noun a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship
    bosun's chair.
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Boatswain's mate

  • an assistant of the boatswain.
Webster 1913