- A boomkin,
bumkin, or
bumpkin is a
short spar that may
project either fore or aft on a
sailing vessel,
depending on its function. Traditionally, it was...
-
Bumpkin Island, also
known as
Round Island,
Bomkin Island,
Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an
island in the
Hingham Bay area of the
Boston Harbor....
-
foresail and a
standing lug mizzen. The
foresail tack
fastened to an iron
bumkin protruding from the stemhead. The
mizzen sheeted to an
outrigger (called...
- ch****e-marée trade, with a
large sail area and
strikeable bowsprit and
bumkin. Apparently, the yawl rig (cotre à tapecul) used by
French tunnymen was...
- see
Bardolph and Nym, who hold that rank.
Costard is a
clown and
country bumkin from Love's Labour's Lost.
Count (title): A
number of
characters have the...
-
octosyllabic couplets whose aim is to
characterise the "Self
conceited Country Bumkin” of the fable. La Fontaine's
starting point is
deferred by his interpreter...
- Post.
November 17, 1918. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com. "Camp
Devens Loses To
Bumkin Island". The
Boston Post.
November 29, 1918. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com...
- the
girls what they
think Rodeo looks like in this,
Lacey says "Country
bumkin" and
Megan says "Alligator hunter" and the
girls again begin to laugh. Melissa...
- keel-stepped. The
mainsail is
raised on a gaff. The
staysail may be
rigged to a
bumkin which extends its foot past the stem head. The jib is
hauled out on a long...
- the
Commonwealth Pier at Boston. On 26
September 1917, she
shifted to the
Bumkin Island section base,
whence she
operated for the
duration of the war and...
