The cutter's foresail had been triced up, and served as a partition.

A sail triced up was filled with water to serve as a bath.

Not relishing this, she hauled down her colours and triced up her sails.

He had been triced up and lashed till he fainted had been revived and lashed again.

I'll have him triced up in a jiffy.

The boarding nettings were at once triced up, the small arms got from below, and the guns loaded.

The sails were furled with great care, the bunts triced up by jiggers, and the jibs stowed in cloth.

If I was captain I'd a had him triced up to the mast and the paddle a going afore now.

Boarding-nettings were triced up, and strengthened with cables and cordage, to make an effective barrier against the assaults of boarders.

Mr Hicks, who was commanding officer, ordered the lad to be triced up and a dozen lashes given to him.

On this occasion, Lewis and another boy were triced up to the corvette's mizzen-peak like "two living flags."

"Stand by to lower the boat; trice up the main tack!" cried papa.

A part of the crew slept here, in hammocks swung fore and aft from the beams, and triced up every morning.

An attempt was made to avoid this, and boarding nettings were seen triced up above the bulwarks of the English ship.

"They have not even triced up their boarding nets."

"Brace round the foreyards-triceup-brailup the after sails!"