🔤 Waisters

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URDU

جہاز کے درمیانی حصے
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
jahaz ke darmayani hisse par kaam karne wale jahazi (jam'a)
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ENGLISH

📚noun (plural)
waisters
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈweɪstərz/
Phonetic: /way sturz/
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DEFINITION

plural form of waister; green, inexperienced, or elderly seamen stationed in the waist of a sailing vessel for light duties
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The captain assigned light deck maintenance tasks to the waisters. In experienced naval crews, waisters were kept away from complex rigging. The waisters helped haul ropes along the central deck during calm seas. Life aboard historical warships often positioned elderly sailors as waisters. The officer ordered the waisters to clear the main waist area.
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SYNONYMS

deckhands landsmen green hands

ANTONYMS

veteran sailors topmen
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