In the course of the next hour eight twelve-pound carronades were sent up out of the hold, and mounted in as many of the ports which lined the bulwarks of the brigantine.
It was this rapid movement which caused his flight to be unnoticed, all the men of the brig dodging below their own bulwarks at that precise instant.
Jack mounted on the breech of one of the guns, and looked over the bulwarks at the dispositions that had been made about the wreck.
By the time the bulwarks reached the surface, as much was gained in this way, as was lost by having so much of the lighter woodwork rise above the water.
The crew were gathered along the bulwarks and smoking their pipes while they peered out into the dense fog.
The boatmen ran us alongside and steadied the dinghy while I climbed over the bulwarks on to the deck.
The bowsprit and bulwarks removed, and the eight-inch Paixhans placed in the middle part of the forward cross bulwarks, thirty feet of the Fulton’s deck was exposed to concussion.
Her hull was of the best live oak, with heavy bulwarks five feet thick, beveled on the outside so as to cause an enemy’s shot to glance off.
As they returned to the ship's side, Blood's eyes anxiously scanned the line of seamen leaning over the bulwarks in idle talk with the Spaniards in the cock-boat that waited at the ladder's foot.
Finally, towards evening, Captain Blood went over the side and was rowed back to his great ship with her red bulwarks and gilded ports, touched into a lovely thing of flame by the setting sun.
From the distance he waved to Blood, who stood leaning on the bulwarks watching the receding cock-boat.
Still clinging, Colonel Bishop looked round in hesitation, and saw the bulwarks lined with swarthy faces--the faces of men that as lately as yesterday would have turned pale under his frown, faces that were now all wickedly agrin.
With a roar the cannons-royal proclaimed themselves, and the Arabella staggered under a blow that smashed her bulwarks at the waist and scattered death and confusion among the seamen gathered there.
Meanwhile the bo'sun signalled to the Jamaica ships to send a boat, and the men in the waist broke their ranks and went noisily flocking to line the bulwarks and view the great stately vessels that were racing down towards them.
In that moment young Foster sprang with the agility of a cat, capsized the boat with the impulse, caught the bulwarks and rigging of the vessel, and in another moment stood panting on her deck.
At the risk of being run down he rowed the punt in front of it, as if courting destruction, but at the same time guided his little craft so skilfully that it passed close to leeward, where the vessel's bulwarks were dipping into the water.
A sullen darkness now hovered above us-but from out the milky depths of the ocean a luminous glare arose, and stole up along the bulwarks of the boat.
The entire range of bulwarks to larboard had been swept away, as well as the caboose, together with the jollyboat from the counter.
Simultaneously Hythe and O'Shaunessey vaulted over the lowbulwarks and leapt upon the submarine, Jenkins making a good third.
Twice Lancarrow slipped, but aided by his companion, who was already astride the fishing-boat's shattered bulwarks he succeeded in scaling the wall of wood.
Gracefully the "Aphrodite" was brought to a stand-still within fifty yards of the Greek tramp, over whose red-leaded bulwarks appeared the heads of about twenty nondescripts who formed her crew.
Lancarrow, still grasping his burden, was hurled from the bulwarks and thrown upon the "Aphrodite's" deck.
Crouching close to the bulwarks they lay for some five minutes without venturing to move, peering all the while into the darkness to discover, if possible, some trace of the Malays.
With a twist of a rope attached to the bulwarks John Marshall secured the tiller in position, and at once commenced to carry out Tyler's orders.
Then, leaning against the bulwarks to support his unsteady weight, he shook his fist with frantic energy at the two dim figures to be seen in the stern, and called loudly to them.
With the deft fingers of a sailor he rearranged it, pulling it taut till it stretched between the bulwarks like a bowstring.
That the Dyaks were full of excitement and of courage there was no doubt, for they crowded to the bulwarks of their several prahus and flung shouts of defiance at the pirates who raced along beside them.
As theologian he wrote a treatise on The Conversion of St. Paul which, a hundred years later, was described as being "still regarded as one of the subsidiary bulwarks of Christianity.
Sir Samuel Romilly, the great agitator against its continuance, brought upon himself the odium of the law officers of the Crown, who declared that he was "breaking down the bulwarks of the Constitution.
The American Churches were justly said to be "the bulwarks of American slavery.
Tom to a man who appeared to be slipping off the bulwarks into the sea.
Still, like Canute, the emperors of Constantinople often found that the sea scorned their control, and was the worst foe these bulwarks had cause to dread.
The strange assailants towered above the battlements, and made the city quake with fear before the weird enemy at whose cold touch strong bulwarks crumbled to pieces.
And yet, seeing there must be an end to all things, is it not wiser and more just to dwell rather upon the glory that crowns these bulwarks for their long defence of the civilised life of the world?
The portion from the Seraglio Point to the neighbourhood of Achour Kapoussi represented the bulwarks of old Byzantium.
At the latter point the new bulwarks joined the walls which guarded the outlying 14th ward, the suburb of Blachernae, and thus enclosed the city down to the Golden Horn.
This, however, is not altogether a disadvantage, for it allows the visitor to view without distraction the imposing line of bulwarks ranged across the promontory from sea to sea, and to appreciate calmly all their significance.
Bulwarks of grace defend The city where we dwell; While walls of strong salvation made, Defy th' assaults of hell.
The honors of our native place, And bulwarks of our land.
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold?
Her bulwarks were broken, some plates were bent, and she had let go the string of barges she towed.
Presently they rehoisted the sail and when the schooner started, foam boiled about her lee bulwarks and all forward was lost in a cloud of spray.
When he was rowed across the harbour he heard a guitar badly played, and jumping down from Cayman's bulwarks saw Macallister sitting under the anchor light.
The first thing in the morning we went on shore to get carpenters off to repair the bulwarks and make a new topmast.
A flash of lightning which now burst forth from a dark cloud, accompanied by a heavy squall, causing the cutter to heel over until her lee bulwarks were almost under water, revealed Dick's terrified countenance.
He went not ashore," says Parsons, when he had tumbled over the bulwarks on to the deck.
When he was thus secured, they pulled upon the other end of this same cord till he swung over the bulwarks and hung over the sea.
Lake Biwa and the river Yodo are natural bulwarks of Yamato, not of Yamashiro.
Now, no doubt the prophet was thinking of the literal Jerusalem; but the city is ideal, as is shown by the bulwarks which defend, and by the qualifications which permit entrance.
Blinded by the passions with which they are actuated, they rush headlong on their own destruction; and destroy, in their insane ambition, the very bulwarks by which alone durable freedom is to be secured in their own or any other country.
Olaf acted on this advice at once, and then began to question Karlsefin in regard to many nautical matters which it is not necessary to set down here, while Biarne and Thorward leaned on the bulwarks and looked somewhat anxiously to windward.
There was great bustle on board, and there were many men, besides some women, who could be seen looking over the bulwarks with keen interest, while Leif's men brought planks with which to make a gangway from the ship to the shore.
With his legs wide apart, he stood at the tiller, round which there was a single turn of a rope from the weather-bulwarks to steady it and himself.
The reader must possess but a small power of fancy who cannot, without the aid of description, call up vividly the gladsome faces of men and women when they saw the familiar vessel appear, and beheld the bulwarks crowded with well-known faces.
The woods supply all that man can desire; the waters swarm with fish; the climate is delightful; our ships are even now loaded to the bulwarks with costly furs, and the natives are friendly.
Karlsefin sat beside the helm, guiding the ship and telling sagas to the group of friends who stood, sat, or reclined on the deck and against the bulwarks of the high poop.
Freydissa, who scorned to receive help from man, had vigorously laid hold of the bulwarks and gradually worked her way aft.
Even with the naked eye they soon could see that her bulwarks were badly battered, and that her fore-topmast had been carried away.
Here and there along the bulwarks loose ropes were left that the men, if needful, might lash themselves to the rigging.
A very uneasy night was passed, but the yard and guns had been cleared of cinders and scoria, the bulwarks strengthened, and before the sun once more shone red over the sea Dickson was prepared for either battle or siege.
Crane's bulwark, Th'ermitaige bulwark, the bulwark at Heigham, and the Castle and three bulwarks at Dover are furnished with ordnance and artillery.
The bulwarksunder Dover Castle, a captain and 3 others.
Four bulwarks of earth in the Downs, 4 captains and 32 others.
Bulwarks have been reduced so as to save weight and windage, until in the smaller yachts they have become a mere ledge or foothold, whilst even in the largest class the rail is less than a foot from the deck.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bulwarks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: companion; parts; ship
