| The bosun was sitting on a davit cradle securing the trigger line when the lifeboat suddenly released and struck him on its descent. |
| This gap frees the rotating lever, to which the davit end of the gripe is hooked, and allows the lever to turn and release the gripe. |
| The on-board instruction manual for davit use was lacking in detail and poorly translated from the original Japanese. |
| He peered into the mirror, improving himself, unaware of me as he worked in the half-shadow of the lifeboat which hung from the davit. |
| Like a window cleaner's cradle dangling from a davit in high wind, American popular culture can't help letting it all hang out. |
| On deck was a complete section of superstructure, probably the accommodation block, and beside it a lifeboat davit encrusted in coral. |
