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chained_bear commented on the word 15th secure your guns
"15th. Secure your guns.—The muzzle lashings must first be made secure, and then with one tackle, having all its parts equally taught taut with the breeching, the gun is to be lashed. The other tackle is to be bowsed taught taut, and by itself made fast, that it may be ready to cast off for lashing a second breeching....
"No pains should be spared in bowsing the lashing very taught, that the gun may have the least play that is possible, as their being loose may be productive of very dangerous consequences.
"The quoin, crow, and handspike are to be put under the gun, and the powder-horn hung up in its place, &c...."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1815
October 10, 2008