in-and-in-bred

Updated: June 20, 2025

As for my mate, had he found himself on a plank in the middle of the Atlantic, I do believe he would have set about rigging a jury-mast, by splitting off a piece of the hull of his craft and spreading his shirt by way of sail. I never knew a more in-and-in-bred seaman, who, when one resource failed, invariably set about the next best visible expedient.

James Fenimore Cooper - Miles Wallingford: Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"