cockswain


cockswain

(ˈkɒksən; -ˌsweɪn) n (Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of coxswain

cox•swain

or cock•swain

(ˈkɒk sən, -ˌsweɪn)

n. 1. the steersman of a racing shell. 2. a person in charge of a ship's boat and who usu. steers it. [1425–75; late Middle English cokeswayne. See cockboat, swain]