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On examination he said the ship could be got off again if she could be canted over and a sail "fothered" over the hole temporarily.

Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884

They sewed the squares together to make a huge pad that was then dragged under the ship by means of cables which were first looped under the frigate's bows, then dragged back under her hull till the huge pad of material was fothered up against the sprung timbers.

Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

They sewed the squares together to make a huge pad that was then dragged under the ship by means of cables which were first looped under the frigate's bows, then dragged back under her hull till the huge pad of material was fothered up against the sprung timbers.

Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992

"Come ye raikin 'wi' me the night and maybe ye'll be hearing some o 'them," says Dan, and so when the horses were bedded and the kye fothered, we slipped through the planting and took the old peat road for it, and that I was to hear stories was all that he would tell me.

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

At last an area five feet square of the sail was fothered, lines were rove through the grommets, and the working party hurried forward to work the sail under the brig and drag it aft to the hole.

Mr. Midshipman Easy Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 1873

He had been over the side himself and could remember the height of the waterline, and he had for a more exact guide the level of the fothered sail under the ship's bottom.

Mr. Midshipman Easy Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 1873

But he saw the fothered sail placed against the hole, and with intense satisfaction he saw the hairy mass suck into position, dimpling over the hole to form a deep hollow so that he could be sure that the hole was plugged solid.

Mr. Midshipman Easy Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 1873

The shot hole with its fothered sail would be deeper under water to increase the risk, but it seemed to be the best chance.

Mr. Midshipman Easy Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 1873

Even then she would have foundered, had not a fothered sail -- the use of which was not so generally known then as at present -- been got under her bottom, by which she was kept afloat till she was carried into Endeavour River.

Twice Lost William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

He would get another sail fothered, which might help to keep out the water a few hours longer.

The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. William Henry Giles Kingston 1847