grummet

How To Use grummet In A Sentence

• The mate, who acted as boat-steerer, now came to his proper place in the stern, where he guided the boat by an oar passed through a ring called a grummet, while the headsman, who had before been steering, took his place in the bow, armed with several lances, ready to plunge into the body of the whale the instant it again appeared. The Voyage of the "Steadfast" The Young Missionaries in the Pacific
• Hardenberg, at a loss for an answer, feigned an interest in the grummets of the life-boat cover and left me to lie as best I might. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West
• The ordinary seamen, younkers, grummets, and ship-boys, did the work aloft, furled and loosed the sails, and did the ordinary, never-ceasing work of sailors. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
• In like manner, when the occasion for their use has passed, the raising of the boom will cause the nets to come alongside, when they can either be brailed up through the grummets or disconnected for future use. Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
• Now the gun was being carefully pushed forth, advantage being taken of the opening under the canvas cover, where Phil had released a couple of the grummets. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
• This example was followed by the rest: Seeing this, Pat secured several about his neck, and then getting into his grummet he descended. The Three Admirals
• Whipping out his knife, he quickly cut a long length of "monkey-rope" or creeper, and twisting the tough pliant stem into a grummet round the trunk of the tree, he bade me pass the bight over my shoulders, and then showed me how, with its aid, The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron
• Flags made of the best all-wool double-warped U.S. government standard bunting, 45 stars sewn in the field, both sides, with canvas headings, best lacquered brass grummets, and all double stitched. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 11, March 17, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
• It had grummets and was laced down at the edge with cord. A Farewell To Arms
• And, looking down, I saw him and the second lieutenant forthwith whip out their knives and begin hacking away at a creeper, wherewith to make grummets to assist them in their attempt at tree-climbing. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron