An iron band, at the end of a bowsprit, fitted with eyes to take the bowsprit shrouds and the bobstay(noun)
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Use "crance" in a sentence
"Maria's rivers. - during the time we halted at the er. crance of Maria's river we experienced a very heavy shower of rain and hail attended with violent thunder and lightning."