thwart

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78794

tawt n Then we'll make the thwarts. The short thwart we call him* the bow-thwart. The next one will be the midship-thwart - that's the longest one. Well, she [the dory]'s about forty inches wide in the middle, and she's about thirty two inches on the fore-hook, and about thirty two inches on the after-hook. That will cause the bow-thwart to be about five inches shorter than the midship- thwart. And the aft-thwart will be about two inches shorter than the midship-thwart because the after-thwart goes on the bed+ of timber between the after-hook and the midship timber, you see. Yes [* pronounced [em] - perhaps = _them_ ?? ] [+ perhaps _bit_ ???] J. WIDDOSON Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used taut, thawt, thort, thwart This card appears to be cross-referenced with T_13077. '=C27' is crossed out in lower left