BOLT-SPRIT, noun [From the universal popular pronunciation of this word, this may have been the original word; but I doubt it. See. Bowsprit.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI
bolt-sprit
Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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