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boatswainn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boat n.1, swain n. Etymology: < boat n.1 + swain n. Although the second element is of Scandinavian origin, no early Scandinavian parallel for this formation is attested. Compare Old Swedish batkarl (Swedish båtkarl ) and the Scandinavian forms cited at boatman n.Also attested early as a personal name: Batsuen (a1066), Batsuein (1190); compare also quot. OE2 at sense 1. With the β. forms compare bosun n. N.E.D. (1887) gives the pronunciation as (bōu·tswēin /ˈbəʊtsweɪn/, usually bōu·s'n /ˈbəʊs(ə)n/). The spelling pronunciation has been recorded in dictionaries since the late 19th cent. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain OE (1783) I. f. 238/1 [Phillimore: Warwickshire (Warwick) B. 6] Uel iiii batsueins uel iiii libras denariorum ei mittebant. OE Manumission, Exeter (Bodl. 579) in J. Earle (1888) 254 A kynstanes gewittnisse preost, and a leofsuna gewittnisse..& on wycinges batswegenes, & on sæwines lufa sunu. 1302–3 (P.R.O.: E101/11/2) m. 7 Thome de Hibernia Magistro Nauis que vocatur la Mariot' .x. sociis suis & .j. Botswein. 1304 (Public Rec. Office) 44/18 (MED) Radiis unius pagii qui voc. botswayn. 1463 in (1841) 191 To the botswayne of the Mary Talbot a jaket. c1500 Pilgrims Sea-voyage l. 21 in F. J. Furnivall (1867) i. 38 (MED) Bestowe the boote, Bote-swayne, anon. ?1518 sig. C.ijv The bote swayne blewe his whystell full shryll. 1555 in R. Hakluyt (1589) ii. 298 All the said Agents, pilots, maisters, merchantes clerkes, boatswains, stewards, skafemasters, and all other officers..of this present voyage. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 8 Good Boteswaine haue care: where's the Master? View more context for this quotation 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi 172 Obeying the boatsonne. 1707 E. Ward 102 Whensoever the Boatswain pipes to Dinner. 1791 Feb. 116 A British soldier hailed in a contemptuous tone, ‘From whence came you, brother Jonathan?’ The boatswain retorted, ‘straight from Bunker's hill, d—n you.’ 1803 in D. Knox (1941) III. 40 The side to be piped by the Boatswain and manned by Six Sidesmen. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in 7 His vessel China-bound, And wanting yet a boatswain. 1932 5 737 The boatswain was caught with several others burning brandy and smoking in the powder room. 2001 (Nexis) 12 Nov. ii. 3 One 74-year-old Navy veteran whistled ship calls on a pipe he used as a boatswain in World War II. 2. a1643 W. Monson Naval Tracts iii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill (1704) III. 326/2 Boatswain of the Yard. He commands the Labourers to their several Works, and sees the Provisions taken off Hoys, or return'd from the Ships, and carried safely, and orderly laid in the Storehouses within the Yard. 1770 Aug. 429/2 The rigging house was with the greatest difficulty saved, as were also the houses of the surgeon and boatswain of the yard. 1833 Apr. 236/2 Mr. Charles Maggs, late Boatswain at Gibraltar, is appointed Boatswain of the Dockyard at the Cape of Good Hope. 1898 D. H. Parry v. 52 He was for years boatswain at Portsmouth Dockyard, and a well-known figure. 2006 B. Lavery vii. 177/2 Traditional titles such as Master Rigger and Boatswain of the Yard were maintained alongside newer ones such as Admiralty Chemist and Senior Electrical Officer. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > in charge of particular piece of work 1774 E. Long II. ii. xiii. 319 Boatswain of the mill. The Negroe who attends the mill-gang, or feeders. 1839 B. M'Mahon 44 He then called the boatswain of the yard, to punish all hands in the boiling-house. 1914 19 553 A quart of rum was served weekly to each of three drivers, three carpenters, four boilers, two head cattlemen, two head mulemen, the ‘stoke-hole boatswain’, and the black doctor. 1988 A. M. John iv. 74 The skilled slaves included yet another carpenter, three coopers, two masons, a mill boatswain, two watchmen, and a driver. 3. the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius parasiticus 1785 G. Cartwright 16 Sept. (1792) III. 76 I saw a curlew and killed a bird called a boatswain. 1835 J. Ross iii. 40 We also saw..many of the birds called boatswains. 1876 C. H. Davis xvi. 378 On the 14th, Joe shot a bird called a boatswain. 1907 C. W. Townsend vii. 173 The jaegers, or hunters of the sea, called here ‘bo'swains’, are very graceful, hawk-like gulls. the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird) 1815 J. H. Tuckey I. 490 (note) Boatswain of English seamen, from these feathers being supposed to resemble a marline spike. 1891 J. W. Buel 413 It constantly emits a harsh cry so that it has sometimes been called the boatswain. 1912 v. 92 The Tropic-Bird (Phaethon), or 'Boatswain' as sailors call it, adopts similar tactics towards man. 1992 (Nexis) 22 Aug. 14 Other sea birds, such as frigates, boatswains (or tropics) and boobies. Compounds1606 H. Roberts 7 The company was by the Boatswains whistles called vp. 1631 Orders & Articles 7 May in L. Foxe (1635) 174 At the Boatswaines Call, all the whole Company shall appeare above Dicke. 1697 J. Tutchin v. 16 The Boatswain's whistle, and they Man the Side. 1738 G. Lillo ii. i. 26 The shrill whistle of the boatswain's pipe. 1769 W. Falconer (ed. 3) i. 37 Thrice with shrill note the boatswain's whistle rung. 1779 179 Harder yet, it yet blows harder, Now again the boatswain's call. 1840 R. H. Dana xxvii. 299 She..showed..everything man-of-war fashion, except that there was no boatswain's whistle. 1895 Dec. 233/2 He heard..the trill of the boatswain's whistle. 1905 J. Masefield v. 132 At half past seven, the sleepers were roused from their blankets by the boatswain's pipe. 1987 W. Golding 116 The boatswain's call haunted me after the funeral of porr Colley. 2009 (Nexis) 9 Nov. 6 The boatswain's whistle, which dates back to either the 15th or 16th century was found..on land near Melbourne in August last year. C2. the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Phaethontidae (tropic bird) 1813 G. Montagu at Boatswain There appears to be a bird which is observed to breed on the Black-rock, on the coast of France, belonging either to the Gull, or Tern genus, which the British sailors have denominated Boatswain-bird. 1822 M. Graham Jrnl. 2 Mar. in (1993) 63 They had brought down a boatswain bird, a sort of pelican (Pelicanus Lencocephalus) [read: Pelecanus leucocephalus], which they proposed to stuff. 1850 13 Boatswain (bird). 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 113 Boatswain-bird, Phaeton æthereus, a tropical bird, so called from its sort of whistle. It is distinguished by two long feathers in the tail, called the marling-spike. 1911 D. M. Liondsay 113 I took my gun and went out for a stroll, killing..a Richardson's skua. These latter were called, by the sailors, boatswain birds, because of the long feathers in the tail. 1960 J. Bond 22 White-tailed Tropicbird... Local names:..Boatswain Bird; Long-tail. society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > seat > for use while working aloft 1856 Hanson 23 Oct. in M. F. Maury (1858) I. xix. 329 I tried it first time anchoring it with 20 fathom line to a 25 pound and boatswain's chair, which brought her up, found the current strong enough to lay her broadside to the wind, two knot breeze. 1920 Wreck of Steamship ‘Ethie’ in (1934) 33 145 We were landed in a rude boatswain's chair, Taken in by the people and treated with care. 1995 Sept. 80/1 E. Frank Farrington..was being strapped into a boatswain's chair on the lip of the brooklyn anchorage, eighty feet above the street. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > boatswain's chair 1861 Jan. 102 A means of escape to the crew and passengers..is open to all with the most perfect safety by a boatswain's cradle, basket, or slung cask, being attached to the hawser. 1938 H. V. Morton ix. 305 This is the machine that was used to pull visitors up in a boatswain's cradle from the year 1600 until the British occupation of Egypt. 1840 R. H. Dana iii. 4 He..has charge of the boatswain's locker. 1911 28 Jan. 146/2 Below decks forward, starting at the bow, will be the chain locker followed by boatswain's locker and forecastle. 2006 (Nexis) 18 June e6 He would retreat to the boatswain's locker under the deck of the boat to be alone. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > boatswain > boatswain's-mate 1600 C. Leigh in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) III. 196 Whereupon wee requested M. Ralph Hill and the Boatswaines mate to go on shore to them. 1652 No. 170 A Boatswains mate 1l. 15s. 1790 28 Jan. The petty officers who escaped from the wreck..were..the gunner..the boatswain..the carpenter, and William Marnard, the boatswain's mate. 1829 F. Marryat II. i. 23 Among our killed, was a Dutch boatswain's mate. 1905 J. Masefield vi. 167 The boatswain's mate at once produced a hard knotted cord, called a starter, with which he beat the man unmercifully about the head and shoulders. 1998 T. Clancy i. 28 You were a navy chief boatswain's mate, I believe, with the Navy Cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.OE |
