(n) curved strips of wood nailed to the insides of small boats, See Also: round sideboard of a boat or ship, Thai Definition:ไม้ขนาบข้างเรือรูปกลมๆ คล้ายทารกกล้วย
n. [ Boat + swain. ] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. [ 1913 Webster ]
Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
[破釜沉舟, pò fǔ chén zhōuㄆㄛˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄡ] lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (成语 saw); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats#46417
[ひらおろし, hiraoroshi] (n) strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)