Several men were struck down while working at the davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

He talked very loudly of lines, spars, windlass and davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Princess Polly's Playmates] Reference

A part of our stern and the yawl at the davits, had gone together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Narrative of the shipwreck of the brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, Maine, and murder of five of her crew, by pirates, on the coast of Cuba, Dec. 1824.] Reference

Six lifeboats, having accommodation for 250 people, are hung in davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference

We also learn about davits -- the large hooks from which lifeboats hang.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Ill-Fated Ship in an Era of Opulence at Sea] Reference

Then the starboard boat slid noiselessly down from the davits into the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference

KEEVER: Well, lifeboats are stored in davits, similar to the one you see here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2006] Reference

The number of davits dictated how many lifeboats could be accommodated onboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Ill-Fated Ship in an Era of Opulence at Sea] Reference

The captain's small boat still hung in the davits, but he did not need it as yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference

Half a dozen brave fellers sprang to the davits, and among 'em aour Boothbay boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference

Two boats are already swept from the davits, and are gone upon the whirling waters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference

The boat's davits and the dead-eyes of the lower rigging are all inside the bulwarks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891] Reference

Now they were ready to lower the small craft they carried slung on davits at the stern.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference

A Highlander played a bamboo flute from the stern gallery where the skiff swung in davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

All her boats were in place at the davits, but there seemed to be nobody alive on board her.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Beach]

The davits, shown in Marestier's sketch, would handle a boat of about 16 to 18 feet in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference

Now, notice the numbers on the boats, which you see are swung out on the davits ready to be launched.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet] Reference

Some of the sailors on board the yacht prepared to lower a boat from the davits, but Pepper Sneed held back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas] Reference

Ken almost fancied he could hear the davits squeal as the boats were hastily lowered to the level of the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference

I hate to do it, but we can't tow the skiff and, of course, it would be torn off of the davits in two minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick in the Everglades] Reference

It carried away the boats of the wrecked steamer, tearing them and the davits which supported them out of the vessel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference

Oars were mislaid and on hanging her to the davits it was noticed in time there was no plug in the hole for drainage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference

She carried a boat on each side at the davits like a man-of-war, and I reported that I could make out men securing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

We scrambled on board, the trunk was tumbled in, and before the yawl was half way up to the davits we were steaming away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sweetapple Cove] Reference

Happily the ship was moving very sluggishly through the water, so one of the quarter-boats was instantly lowered from the davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference

"Yes, by Jove!" cried Mr Jellaby, who stood near, holding on to one of the davits, jumping up on the gunwale to have a better view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

On Christmas Day, exactly as he had foreseen, Cleary and the rest of the watch were ordered to secure a boat hanging in the davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Real Ghost Stories] Reference

Noting the davits and freight hooks still attached to the upper storey, I guessed that they had begun their existence as warehouses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

Capt Dernier said defects which surveyors had found included cracks in hulls, severely corroded internals and seized lifeboat davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It was about the hour of sunset, and the officer on duty had turned the men of the second dog watch up to hoist the boats to the davits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference

Many life boats swing on davits and instead of being a hindrance or obstacle, act as shades from the sunshine and as breaks from the wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference

He climbed into his tiny dinghy, which he was about to winch up to the davits at the stern of his powered craft, and rowed himself ashore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Murder of Busy Lizzie]

At 1.20 a.m. the signal was given from the flagship to lower the boats, which had been left swinging from the davits throughout the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference

At 1: 20 A.M. the signal was given from the flagship to lower the boats, which had been left swinging from the davits throughout the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference