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Dolphin striker

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Noun
  1. 1
    A near-vertical spar between the bowsprit and martingale

    "meanwhile some of the sailors, with an imitative flying fish, get to that part of the vessel just under the bowsprit, called “the dolphin striker,” and with a bottle midway to their bait, they suddenly jerk it out of the water, to imitate the flying fish."

  2. 2
    spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat wordnet

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