bumkin-head

Updated: January 13, 2026

Scarcely had eight bells been struck, when the voice of the boatswain from the forecastle was heard shouting, "A vessel on the lee bow, sir! A dismasted ship! It can be nothing else!" Captain Davenport went forward, followed by Merlin. "Where away is she, Mr Tarbox?" he asked of the boatswain. "There, sir, you will catch her over the bumkin-head," answered the boatswain.

William Henry Giles Kingston - In the Eastern Seas