sb. pl. Naut. Also starbowlines. [? For *starboardlings, f. STARBOARD sb. + -LING1. Cf. LARBOLINS.] (See quots.)
1769. Falconer, Dict. Marine, II. (1776), Tribordais, starbowlines; a cant term for the starboard watch.
1840. R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, v. 10. The cry of ‘All starbowlines ahoy!’ summoned our watch on deck.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Star-Bolins, the old familiar term for the men of the starboard watch.
