That bravely and uninjured takes the jam which would have snapped all their oaken handspikes and iron crow-bars.
Now came thehandspikes into action, which provident Sam had cut, and laid into the waggon when the road was fair and smooth; for the wheels had to be lifted high enough to slip over the obstacles.
They were mounted on wooden truck carriages and were given elevation by handspikes applied under the breech, a quoin or a wedge shaped piece of wood being pushed in to hold the breech up in position.
They were trained by handspikes with the aid of side-tackle and their recoil was limited by a stout rope, called the breeching, the ends of which were secured to the sides of the ship.
The ropes were frequently increased to double their usual size by the incrustations of ice, which had to be beat off by handspikes to allow them to pass through the blocks.
The men fixed by the slew-ropes to the cylinder, represent the handspikes or bars by which the windlass is turned round, and the hawser takes the place of the cable.
This being securely lashed to the shank, and also to the stock, the whole length of the spar was crossed at right angles by capstan bars, to the ends of which as many handspikes as there was room for were lashed also at right angles.
The log was pushed along by handspikes as they reached the cross-timbers, and wedges were used to keep the cleft open, that the saw might work free.
Close to each end of the windlass are two holes, so adjusted that handspikes can be fitted into them.
So, in the same manner, they are passed through to the other side, and stretched taut on the windlasses by means of the handspikes until they give the same sound.
The pivots of this windlass, lying as centres in right lines in its socket-pieces, and the handspikes inserted in its holes, make the load rise when the ends of the windlass revolve in a circle like a lathe.
Some are worked by handspikes and windlasses, some by blocks and pulleys, others by capstans, others again by means of drums.
Roger worked his way to the rack indicated by the man, and fortunately found the handspikes at once.
There are a couple of handspikes in the rack close to you; if you can find these, they will do," replied the wounded seaman.
All things else were ready for this, and the launchers with their hammers and their handspikes were prepared to go to their places.
At this third blast, as he blew it, the launchers hammered hard and plied their handspikes and their levers.
The command In battery was the signal for the cannoneers to man the handspikes again, Nos.
His six crewmen took their positions about a yard apart, three men on each side of the gun, with handspikes ready.
He has experienced harder storms than those he weathered in the yacht, and on two occasions he led a party of boarders, when those who opposed him had something more formidable than boat-hooks and handspikes to fight with.
Friday, shoulder one of them handspikes an' stand by to use it on Johnny Harding if he makes a fuss.
But the marines had seized their arms; while two crowded masses of the mariners were forming on either side of the mainmast, abundantly provided with spikes, and such other weapons as the bars and handspikes of the vessel afforded.
The clattering of handspikes preceded the mariners song.
If tools can be got at or used, mortices may be sunk in the masts, or fore and aft spars, and handspikes or capstan bars set upright in them at intervals of 6ft.
A few hands judiciously using handspikesor levers will greatly assist this operation.
The gunner's capstan is made by sinking one end of a waggon or gun axle in the ground, placing a wheel on it upside down, and lashing handspikes to the spokes to act as capstan bars.
Handspikemen see the handspikes in place, and then assist in getting up shot for the guns; and, if necessary, in covering hatchways in the division.
The most important are the management of the rammer and sponge in loading and the handspikes in pointing.
If the carriage is fitted with a quoin, handspikemen standing between the handspikes and the side of the ship, place their handspikes on the steps of the carriage and raise the breech.
Handspikes are to be made of well-seasoned white hickory, of the form and dimensions directed by the Bureau.
It was found that the handspikes and jack were of no avail.
We now manned the handspikes cheerily, and began to heave.
Men with handspikes hold back the foot of each post so that the tenons may not slip past the mortises as the huge beams are being pushed up into the air.
We had to make handspikesfrom the straightest limbs we could find.
There wasn't a gun among us, and to go down and face those beasts with handspikes was out of the question.
I killed him, all right, but only after we had rushed out at the death flurry of the old craft, floundered forward, seizing handspikes from the racks on the way, and gained the vicinity of the house.
He went for me, but had to stop before thehandspikes of the crowd.
There were a dozen reckless whites, in the cluster of savages collected at the gate; and enough of these were placed at handspikes to effect the intended dislodgement.
Jack had cut it at a point very near the mouth of the chute, and by united efforts, with handspikes and the slope of the hill to assist them, the company had rolled it into place.
When the time was fully up the boys at the forward end of the great timber withdrew the handspikes with which they had been holding it securely in place.
The handspikes were in their places, and, except a slight moisture round the holes, we could not discover that any water was getting in.
The cable or rope wound on the barrel of the capstan is hauled in by turning the capstan on its axis by means of handspikes or bars inserted into holes in the head.
The cable or rope on the barrel of the capstan is hauled in by turning the capstan on its axis, with handspikes or bars.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handspikes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
