When we got to the edge of the surf the Cockswain hailed them, and after singing out who I was, he and his men threw me into the water.
"My Friend The Murderer"
A. Conan Doyle
Let us slacken sail, my dears, as we have brought no Cockswain.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
As he dropped lightly into the sternsheets beside the Cockswain he signed the men to thrust off.
"Out of the Primitive"
Robert Ames Bennet