Then finally he managed to ejaculate the name of his bowsman with such violence of gesture that the frightened servant comprehended by sheer force of terror and ran out again in search of Me-en-gan.
With much excitement, the bowsman points out the channel that seems to him the safe one.
Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together; till of a sudden the boat struck as against a sunken ledge, and keeling over, spilled out the standing mate.
The mutineer was the bowsman of the mate, and when fast to a fish, it was his duty to sit next him, while Radney stood up with his lance in the prow, and haul in or slacken the line, at the word of command.
They arose, for they knew him as the bowsman of the Factor's canoe, and so understood that Galen Albret desired their presence.
The bowsman and steersman stand erect, guiding the frail bark through the more unbroken places in the fierce current, which hisses and foams around, as if eager to swallow us up.
The post of "steersman" is also one of honour and importance; and both steersman and bowsman receive higher wages than the other voyageurs who pass under the name of "middlemen.
This, among the regular Canadian voyageurs, is esteemed the post of honour, and the bowsman is usually styled "Captain" by the rest of the crew.
The post of "steersman" is also one of honour and importance; and both steersman and bowsmanreceive higher wages than the other voyageurs, who pass under the name of "middlemen.
The bowsman stood in the forward part of the boat, made ready the locks, and threw the bow-line around the snubbing-post.
One evening when the "Evening Star" was drawing near the twenty-one locks of Akron, the captain sent his bowsmanto make the first lock ready.
The bowsman was of nearly pure white blood; the steersman was of nearly pure negro blood, and was evidently the stronger character and better man of the two.
To Basil Dreaulond as bowsman the passage which he had often run seemed unfamiliar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bowsman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
