He came out at us from the darkness with a rush and a roar like a bull and brandishing a Belaying-pin.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
What about that man of mine who threw a Belaying-pin at me?
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
Of the soldiers and crew, almost all had been swept away; but Captain Reefwell still held to his post upon the quarter-deck by keeping tight hold to a Belaying-pin.
"The Wreckers of Sable Island"
J. Macdonald Oxley