Another shot—another—and a piece of thecoaming splintered off uncomfortably close to Sandy’s ear!
He ran his finger thoughtfully along a deep scar in the coaming near where Sandy’s head had been, and whistled low when he saw the splintered spot on the tiller.
Also the snowy froth which lapped higher up the lee deck was perilously near the coaming protecting the open well.
The hard ropes had torn the soft white skin, and the rim of the bucket or the coaming had left dark bruises.
Hold fast to the coaming here," I said, as, dragging with might and main at the sheet, I put the tiller up.
Then Mascola felt the oak coaming pressing hard against his knees.
The coaming was riddled as the deadly hail moved toward the bow.
Resting the rifle on the coaming she covered the approaching boat and waited in silence.
The cool rush of air revived Gregory's senses and he found himself leaning weakly against the coaming of the speed-boat.
Then he climbed over thecoaming and joined the men in the dory.
Just one word more, Mr Futtock," I hastily interposed, as the boatswain stepped over the coaming to descend the hatchway.
I handed her up the last of the jars, and grasped the coaming of the hatch to clamber on to the deck, for the cargo came high.
Saving a little wrench when we hauled the cot over the coaming of the deck-house door, the poor man was put to no pain.
He was sorry for Andrew, who must sit on thecoaming amid the spray; though he imagined that his comrade would be sufficiently occupied to make him careless of the wet and cold.
The Ross light was getting brighter; but a sea that came over the coaming washed out the binnacle lamp when I was ready to make the Sound.
Her deck was sluicing, and every now and then a green and white cascade came frothing over the coaming into the well.
It cost Frank an effort, though the sloop was carrying her smallest jib, and when he had made the rope fast he crouched beside his comrade in the partial shelter of the coaming with the dog at his feet.
Frank let the mainsheet run and afterward leaned breathlessly upon the coaming with a thrill of relief as they drove out into the deeper water; but it appeared that his companion was not satisfied yet.
It was the latter's business to draw people out, and sitting down in the shelter of the coaming he cleverly led the boy on to talk.
In another moment the wind was on her opposite side, and she was heading off at an angle to her previous course, while Harry with one foot braced against the lee coaming struggled to flatten in the sheet on the jib.
Draw that box out and sit down beneath thecoaming if you mean to stay.
The man, who shouted something to his companion, seized the halliards; and the sloop drove on again furiously; with an increased spread of canvas, while Carroll stood holding on by the coaming while the boat dropped back.
The comber to windward that should have lifted her up broke all over her; flinging the boat on deck upon the saloon skylight, and pouring inches deep over the coaming into the well.
He stumbles against a hatch-coaming and kicks his shoe across the deck.
Hay" was running the steam winch, "Stump" was pulling the baskets over the hatch coaming as they were hauled up by the winch, and the other five were carrying.
He got up, after a little struggle overcoming the resistance of stiff and sore limbs, and stood with a hand on the coaming of the dismantled cat-boat, raking the island with an incredulous stare.
Dropping the oars, he rose, grasped the coaming and lifted himself into the cockpit.
As this happened Whitaker leaped from one to the other, went to his knees in the cockpit of the wreck, and rose just in time to grasp the coaming and hold on against the onslaught of a hurtling comber.
She squirmed farther across the coaming and he gripped her by the knees.
Bill turned about with a triumphant cry on his lips, then checked it suddenly as he saw that Dorothy had fallen across the coaming and was lying halfway out of the boat.
From this it is led through an opening in the coaming to a drum on the steering column, which is turned by another small wheel similar to that used on the rudder-post, but with a round edge.
The steering column is merely a piece of 1/8-inch wire, held in place by two small screw-eyes fixed in the coamingand with a tube-brush soldered on to keep the wire in position.
Unaided he succeeded in raising the senseless man and toppling him over the coaming on to the deck.
Beneath this covering, and wedged in between the coaming and the deck, Aubyn crawled.
It was all the girl could do to hold herself upright, and Mrs. Nairn had fallen against and was only supported by the coaming to leeward.
The long ranks of tumbling combers did not look encouraging, and when the plunges grew sharper and the brine began to splash across the coaming that protected the well he wished that they had hauled down a second reef.
The man shouted something to his companion and then seized the halyards, and the sloop drove on again, furiously, with an increased spread of canvas, while Carroll stood holding on by the coaming until the boat dropped back.
The comber to windward that should have lifted her up, broke all over her, flinging the boat on deck upon the saloon skylight and pouring inches deep over the coaming into the well.
It was stuffy in the engine hold and once he raised his head above the coaming for a deep breath of fresh air.
Clay reached the hold and dropping down into it, stood with head above the hatch coaming watching.
Taking a strong hook attached to a rope in his hand, he dived from the coaming of the hatchway.
One of the natives fell face foremost across the coaming of the cockpit, the other gave a spring and plunged lifeless into the sea.
Rajah was wide awake, lying just inside the coaming of the chart-room door, chewing contentedly at his betel, and holding the spy-glass over the brass doorplate directed toward the island.
In my flight I bumped into ventilators, stumbled over a hatch-coaming and pulled myself along the swaying rail-chains toward the bow of the vessel.
He nearly stumbled over the body lying just outside the coaming of the door, and then stopped and stared at the dead man.
She looked at me with a smiling face, and rising to her feet steadied herself by placing her hands on the after-coaming of the hatch.
The coaming or wash board can be of 1/2" oak, ash, or elm.
These parts are put together and then the bottom is put on, the well-hole coaming fitted, the boat decked, and finally the minor fittings added.
The line for the coaming can then be marked on the deck, and the projecting wood sawed or trimmed to the line, when the coaming can be bent into place and fastened.
Next fit pieces of 1/2" board to form the coaming around the well-hole, and fasten them to the three middle frames.
Cover the deck with canvas, fastened with small tacks to the coaming and to the sides.
The decking can extend over all the top, if desired, except a well-hole around which can be fitted a coamingor wash board.
Cautiously the two blackened figures glided from the shelter of the bulwarks to the raised coaming of the engine-room fidley.
Then, returning to the well, he raised and lowered the lamp several times in succession, dipping it behind the coaming in order to signal the "General Call".
He sat down very suddenly on the hatch-coaming and covered his terrible face with his terrible hands.
The weak, half-dead Murphy sat down on the hatch coaming and waited.
The coaming of the cockpit also is level, or only slightly raised forward.
The deck is flat, with the cockpitcoaming somewhat raised forward.
The coaming fits over the crown of the arch of the forward deck beam and rests on the middle of the thwart aft, and is secured by lashings of whalebone, which pass through holes in the coaming and over its upper edge.
In his journal he speaks of the coaming of the cockpit being about 9 inches higher forward than it is aft, while from his figures the difference does not appear to be more than 3 or 4 inches.
Carefully she piloted him to the coaming of the hatch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coaming" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
