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Boatswain's chair

noun

A seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship. Synonym: bosun's chair.

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... kind that is used on the sea-coast for sending a line out to a wrecked vessel. His plan was to throw the line over the rock, and then have himself hauled up in an arrangement of ropes, used by sailors for working over the side of ships, and called by them a boatswain's chair. ...

— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

Words linked to "Boatswain's chair" : bosun's chair, seat