lower rigging

The wind seemed to bear him into the lower rigging as he shouted orders across the deck to the helm.

Centaur also lost most of her lower rigging.

The soot is brushed from the lower rigging.

This was a mixed broadside, mostly grape: it tore through the lower rigging and across the deck.

Nylon handle, Stainless eyelet in lower rigging point.

Gothenburg was a complete wreck; the funnel was gone and she had sunk to the eyes of the lower rigging.

She received broadsides that tore away her lower rigging, scarred her deck and destroyed one of her carronades.

Durry stayed for'ard, Joseph took the stern, while Rufe and Patch climbed into the lower rigging to port and starboard.

Bellmen up above, Mr. Granby, Laurence ordered; the crew of the lower rigging quickly came scrambling up onto Temeraires back.

On that day, a crewmate, Apprentice D'Orsay, fell from the rigging of the Sabines mizzen-topmast into the water, striking the lower rigging and a boat davit on his way down.

Despite care by the helmsan to carry out the turn as slowly as possible so as to minimise the stress on the masts as the pressure from the winds changed, the inevitable rolling of the ship as it ceased to be pushed along while turning caused the collar to break away and the lower rigging with it.