All 3 Uses of
thwart
in
Treasure Island
- There was one thwart set as low as possible, a kind of stretcher in the bows, and a double paddle for propulsion.†
Chpt 22 *
- I dropped upon the thwart again, none too soon, for I was near overboard.†
Chpt 23
- Even these bore trace of the drunken folly of the pirates, one in a broken thwart, and both in their muddy and unbailed condition.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(thwart) to prevent something