bolynes

Updated: May 7, 2025

A short gun, projecting its muzzle through the port, was also less likely to catch the outboard tackling of the sails, such as "Sheetes and Tackes, or the Bolynes." And for these reasons any very long guns were placed astern, or far forward, as bow, or stern chasers.

John Masefield - On the Spanish Main: Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.