Lexicographical Neighbors of Headrail
Literary usage of Headrail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The emigrant ship: A Novel by William Clark Russell (1893)
"... and the red, wet gleam which slipped off the planks as the vessel dipped with
an occasional flash of brine over the headrail explained why. ..."
2. The New General and Mining Telegraph Code by Charles Algernon Moreing, Thomas Neal (1907)
"... not got the machinery to do it Headmost There is no machinery at all Headpiece
Have tested the machinery headrail . The machinery is in good condition ..."
3. Old Ocean's Ferry: The Log of the Modern Mariner, the Trans-Atlantic by John Colgate Hoyt (1900)
"... main-mast; 11, pumps; 12, galley, caboose; 13, main hatchway; 14, windlass;
15, foremast; 16, fore-hatchway; 17, bitts; 18, bowsprit; 19, headrail; 20, ..."
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