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dogvanes
n. (plural of dogvane English)
Usage examples of "dogvanes".
An eight-point turn meant the men had to spin the great wheel several revolutions, and the quartermaster crouched ready over the binnacle, watching the compass and the dogvanes as well as glancing up at the luffs of the sails, which were beginning to flap as they lost the wind, although the yards were already being braced up.
Ramage watched the dogvanes, a string of corks on a stick, each cork with white feathers stuck into it.