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Word: swivels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...riggers, thus diminishing the amount of power lost by the play of the out-riggers. The riggers in use on the English shell are only 16 1-4 inches out-board, as compared with 20 inches on last year's boat. The use of thole-pins instead of swivel-rowlocks is supposed to give a firmer catch at the beginning of the stroke, afford the men a support to press against on the swing forward, and provide a means of telling when the members of the crew shoot their hands away in unison. The bottom of the boat is broader...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New English Shell Tried Out | 11/13/1907 | See Source »

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