All 3 Uses of
thwart
in
The Old Man and the Sea
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- Can you remember I can remember the tail slapping and banging and the thwart breaking and the noise of the clubbing.
p. 12.8 *thwart = seat of a row boat
- Then it began to make a slow hissing sound in the water and he still held it, bracing himself against the thwart and leaning back against the pull.
p. 45.0
- He made the fish fast to bow and stern and to the middle thwart.
p. 97.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(thwart as in: thwarted her plans) to prevent someone from doing what they want to do; or (less commonly) to oppose someone's efforts
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly, thwart can reference a seat of a rowboat.