side-tackle-falls

Updated: June 10, 2025

Osgood on the subject. When George had told his errand, the captain looked at the heavens, and remarked that the night was so calm, there could be no great use in securing the guns, and the English were so near we should certainly engage, if there came a breeze; that the men would sleep at their quarters, of course, and would be ready to take care of their guns; but that he might catch a turn with the side-tackle-falls around the pommelions of the guns, which would be sufficient.

James Fenimore Cooper - Ned Myers: or, a Life Before the Mast