Mudcat Café message #2400689

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Thread #20991 Message #2400689
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-Jul-08 - 05:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Boston Harbour/Boston Harbor/Big Bow Wow
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Boston Harbour / Boston Harbor

Ring-tail- "A small sail, shaped like a jib, set abaft the spanker in light winds." Dana, The Seaman's Friend, 1856.

A word that has another meaning-
Snotter- "a rope going over a yard-arm, with an eye, used to bend a trippingline to in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war."