What is this "pin" thing called?
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 01:30:00 -0500, something compelled Mike1
, to say:
In old "pirate" movies, you'll sometimes see, during a fight, a man pull
out a special-shaped wooden pin or club and use it as a weapon.
Sometimes he has one or more on him, but often he yanks it from a
mounting bracket on the rail of the ship (where there appear to be many
of things, for, I presume, tying down lines to tack the sails).
Question: Do these pins have a specific name?
Belaying pin.
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