I HAD scarce gained a position on the bowsprit, when the flying jib flapped and filled upon the other tack, with a report like a gun. 我还没有在斜桁上站稳脚,就听到三角帆像放炮一样啪的一声鼓满了风,转向了另一边。
bowsprit
[ noun ] a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel <noun.artifact>
Bowsprit \Bow"sprit`\, n. [Bow + sprit; akin to D. boegspriet; boeg bow of a ship + spriet, E. sprit, also Sw. bogspr["o]t, G. bugspriet.] (Naut.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.