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Definition of Dolphin striker
1. Noun. Spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat.
Definition of Dolphin striker
1. Noun. (nautical) A near-vertical spar between the bowsprit and martingale ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolphin Striker
Literary usage of Dolphin striker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"MARTINGALE BACK-ROPES Are pendants, middled and served in the centre, the round
of le dolphin striker, both parts crossed and secured with a throat seizing. ..."
2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"The dolphin-striker is one half the out-board part of the jib- ... The whiskers
are the same as the dolphin-striker. The main top is, in breadth, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Also called dolphin-striker. See cut under dolphin-striker.— 3. A mode of play
in such games as rouge et noir which consists in staking double the amount of ..."
4. The Story of My Life by Meadows Taylor (1878)
"I had a narrow escape of my life, one day: I was upon the dolphin-striker and
had struck two, and hit a third, and the " quiver " held; but instead of ..."
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