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starbowline

starbowline noun: any of the men in the starboard watch.

Noun

starbowline (plural starbowlines)

  1. (obsolete) Any of the men in the starboard watch.
    • So, so, (thrusts his head down the scuttle,) Star-bo-l-e-e-n-s, a-h-o-y! Eight bells there below! Tumble up!1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 40”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of starbowline

pluralstarbowlines
alternative formstarbolin

Questions about starbowline

What does starbowline mean?
Starbowline means any of the men in the starboard watch.
What part of speech is starbowline?
Starbowline is a noun.
What is the plural of starbowline?
The plural of starbowline is starbowlines.

Words near starbowline in the dictionary

  1. starboardsides
  2. starbolin
  3. starbolins
  4. Starbotton
  5. starbound
  6. starbowline
  7. starbowlines
  8. starboy
  9. starboys
  10. Starbuck
  11. Starbucks

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