six-and-thirties

Updated: May 19, 2025

As soon as he thought himself at a safe distance from the six-and-thirties, he hauled up, and made five short stretches near the main, where he had much the best of the tide, and the whole strength of the breeze, and where there was nothing to molest him; the usual roadstead being under the island of course.

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