lubber's-point

Updated: April 30, 2025

The powerful steering-engine in the stern ground the rudder over; but before three degrees on the compass card were traversed by the lubber's-point, a seeming thickening of the darkness and fog ahead resolved itself into the square sails of a deep-laden ship, crossing the Titan's bow, not half her length away. "H l and d " growled the first officer.

Morgan Robertson - The Wreck of the Titan: or, Futility