noun
- a ship’s officer in charge of equipment and the crew
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The boatswain supervised the sailors as they secured the rigging.
- As boatswain, he was responsible for maintaining all the deck equipment.
- The captain called for the boatswain to inspect the anchor chains.
- She worked her way up from ordinary seaman to boatswain.
- The boatswain’s whistle echoed across the ship’s deck.
- Every morning, the boatswain checked the condition of the lifeboats.