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starbowline
n. (context nautical obsolete English) Any of the men in the starboard watch.
Usage examples of "starbowline".
Eight bells, and the starbowlines, after a trying watch with frequent trimming of sail, taking reefs in and shaking them out, with much toil and anxiety over the rain-water, separating the foul from the clean, and with very frequent soakings, hurried below through the downpour to drip more or less dry in their hammocks.