![]() 1,027,286,813 visitors served. |
|
![]() Dictionary/ thesaurus | ![]() Medical dictionary | ![]() Legal dictionary | ![]() Financial dictionary | ![]() Acronyms | ![]() Idioms | ![]() Encyclopedia | ![]() Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
davit |
Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia | 0.03 sec. |
davit [dav-vit] Noun a crane, usually one of a pair, on the side of a ship for lowering or hoisting a lifeboat [Anglo-French daviot, from Davi David]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms A small crane on a vessel that is used to raise and lower small boats, such as lifeboats, an LCM-8 on landing ship, tanks, side loadable warping tugs, or causeway sections. |
|
? Mentioned in | ? References in classic literature | |
|---|---|---|
A fragment of the shell shattered the bow tackle, and I saw the women and children and the men vomited into the sea beneath, while the boat dangled stern up for a moment from its single davit, and at last with increasing momentum dived into the midst of the struggling victims screaming upon the face of the waters. He was half hidden by a davit, so that two men who approached along the deck did not see him, and as they passed Tarzan caught enough of their conversation to cause him to fall in behind them, to follow and learn what deviltry they were up to. "The davit tackle carried away, and they are rigging the falls," he explained, a minute or so later, and then went under to head off another attack. |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|
|---|