signal-halyards

"Are the signal-halyards still clear?" asked Perry.

Banzai! by Parabellum Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff 1903

She was stripped to bare steel and signal-halyards.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

The ensign was fluttering down, and a string of small flags going aloft on the other part of the signal-halyards, while the steamer, heading west, pushed ahead about a length under the impulse of her propeller.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

Mind -- two small flags on your signal-halyards after the first heavy rain upon the moor, and you may expect us at dusk.

Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land George Manville Fenn 1870

The moment he got his rope, though it was only yonder small signal-halyards, he felt himself as secure as if he stood up here, on the height, with acres of level ground around him.

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820

The royal pole stood naked, with nothing attached to it but the royal and the signal-halyards, the latter running through the truck.

Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820

Mildred, accustomed to using the signal-halyards, procured the old line, and handed it to her father, who discovered some of his professional knowledge in his manner of using it.

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Spike seemed struck with the truth of this suggestion; and he soon sent a glass aloft by the signal-halyards.

Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"Go you then to the signal-halyards -- let one end fly loose, and pull upon the other, until the whole line has come down -- when that is done, return here, and I will tell you more -- but, for heaven's sake, keep farther from the cliff."

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"I wish you would look to the signal-halyards, and see they do not chafe against the rocks, Mr. Dutton."

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820