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davit a cranelike device, usually one of a pair, fitted with a tackle for suspending or lowering equipment, esp a lifeboat davit [′dav·ət] (naval architecture) A fixed or movable shipboard crane projecting over the side or over a hatchway, which hoists and lowers boats, anchors, or cargo. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A fragment of the shell shattered the bow tackle, and I saw the women and children and the men vomited into the sea beneath, while the boat dangled stern up for a moment from its single davit, and at last with increasing momentum dived into the midst of the struggling victims screaming upon the face of the waters. He was half hidden by a davit, so that two men who approached along the deck did not see him, and as they passed Tarzan caught enough of their conversation to cause him to fall in behind them, to follow and learn what deviltry they were up to. "The davit tackle carried away, and they are rigging the falls," he explained, a minute or so later, and then went under to head off another attack. |
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