boom
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- description
- A long spar extending from the mast of a ship, which became dangerous during a sudden event at sea.
- function
- part of ship's rigging
- hazard
- threatened crew members
Relationships
- referenced_byQueequeg
- context
- secures
- source
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- Queequeg dropped deftly to his knees, and crawling under the path of the boom, whipped hold of a rope, secured one end to the bulwarks, and then flinging the other like a lasso, caught it round the boom as it swept over his head, and at the next jerk, the spar was that way trapped, and all was safe.
- extracted_fromSource
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:10:39.829Z
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