Lexicographical Neighbors of Halsers
Literary usage of Halsers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"He said, and snatches his keen flashing sword from the sheath, and cuts the
halsers with the drawn steel. The same eagerness at once seizes them all: they ..."
2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, John Dryden, John Carey, Knightly Chetwood (1803)
"No halsers need to bind the vessels here, Nor bearded anchors; for no storms they
fear ... halsers ..."
3. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"their own men, and by cutting away their halsers and anchors that they might not
lose time in weighing them. Many, too, met with a miserable death while ..."
4. A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-west Passage: With by Alexander Armstrong (1857)
"Early on the morning of Sunday the 20th, 1 AM, the towing halsers were carried
away, and we were again fairly adrift. We fired rockets and hoisted lights, ..."
5. A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-west Passgae: With by Alexander Armstrong (1857)
"Early on the morning of Sunday the 20th, 1 AM, the towing halsers were carried
away, and we were again fairly adrift. We fired rockets and hoisted lights, ..."
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