10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRABBLER»
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Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the ...
Bonnets and drabbler hent to the courses of a late sixteenth century ship, a
bonnet; b drabbler. they hung down below the yardarms, well beyond the
channels. In this circumstance, the lower stunsails would be set, and the clews
could then be ...
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The Contemporary Review
No sailor unacquainted with the archaeology of his own calling would believe
that the studding-sail, the bonnet, the drabbler, the chain- pump, the topgallant-
sail, and even the spritsail (a sail that was in use down to so late a period as the ...
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Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People in ...
The drabbler was an addition to the bonnet ; and so, by latching on bonnet and
drabbler, the Elizabethan seaman attained the object which his descendants
have attained by letting out reefs. As for studding- sails, they are still, of course, ...
Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann, 1909
No sailor unacquainted with the archaeology of his own callin would believe that
the studdingsail,t e bonnet, the drabbler, the chainpump, the topgallant-sail, and
even the spritsail (a sai that was in use down to so late a period as the close of ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1887
The "bonnet"! mentioned by Raleigh is an additional piece of canvas made to
lace on to the foot of a sail. The term bonnet ap- 1 plied to a thing worn at the foot
advises us of an ironical derivative. But of I "drabbler" the etymology is obvious.
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Social England: From the accession of Henry the Eighth to ...
He also notes the addition to the courses of the bonnet and the drabbler, the
introduction of studding-sails, and the practice of weighing the anchor by means
of a capstan. " We have fallen," he continues, " into consideration of the length of
...
Henry Duff Traill, James Saumarez Mann, 1895
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From the accession of Henry VIII to the death of Elizabeth
He also notes the addition to the courses of the bonnet and the drabbler, the
introduction of studding-sails, and the practice of weighing the anchor by means
of a capstan. “We have fallen,” he continues, “ into consideration of the length of ...
No sailor unacquainted with the archaeology of his own calling would believe
that the studdingsail, the bonnet, the drabbler, the chainpump, the topgallant-sail,
and even the spritsail (a sail that was in use down to so late a period as the close
...
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Social England: From the accession of Henry VIII. to the ...
He also notes the addition to the courses of the bonnet and the drabbler, the
introduction of studding-sails, and the practice of weighing the anchor by means
of a capstan. " We have fallen," he continues, " into consideration of the length of
...
No sailor unacquainted with the archaeology of his own calling would believe
that the studding- sail, the bonnet, the drabbler, the chain- pump, the topgallant-
sail, and even the spritsail (a sail that was in use down to so late a period as the ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1887
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRABBLER»
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Concept Art Writing Prompt: The Confession To The Machine
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