Meaning of deepwaterman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ship that is used to voyage and operate in deep waters.
2. A person who works in deep waters at sea.

Examples

“Aboard a real shipshape and Bristol fashion deepwaterman of the old school, if there be any such left today, everything is done according to the custom of the sea.”

“It is not a job to crave for, that scraping out of the bilges of a deepwaterman.”

“A typical example of the classic small deepwaterman from a small Westcountry port, the Geisha closes this section.”

“'Hell ships' were commonest among deepwatermen on long voyages round the Horn, or among the whalers when the best class of foremast hands were not to be had.”

“... real seamen, fishermen and deepwatermen before the war, all from Brittany, Brest, La Pallice, Saint-Malo and Saint-Nazaire.”

“Within a few remaining buildings on Johnny Cake Hill the traditions of the sea are kept alive — where in the background hovers the immortal drama of those deepwatermen whose lives were spent at sea, enamored of its somber might, its temptations and mystery.”

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