(n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
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Bowsprit
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(n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
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(1) The C ring of the vindoline moiety is in the boat conformation with the hydroxy group and the tertiary N in the bowsprit positions resulting in a fairly short intramolecular hydrogen-bonding interaction.