DCHP-3

bowman

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

the crewman of a canoe or York boat whose position is in the bow.

See: bowsman

Quotations

1775
The Bowman have by Frobisher's account from 14 to 16 a Year, and the 2 Men that sets in the Middle of each Canoe have from 10 to 12 L.
<i>c</i>1804
The bowman and the steersman can then carry [during a portage], a duty from which the middlemen are exempt.
2n.

the paddler whose position is in the bow of a canoe.

Quotations

1915
[The] roaring water . . . drowns the human voice so completely that the bowman can only make use of signals. . . .
1956
. . . the bowman could drive the spike of his pole into a jutting log and pull the canoe up inch by inch or the sternsman could in turn shove against the log.