noun
: a basket or chair (as of canvas) attached to a cargo boom and used to convey persons to and from boats alongside ship in an open roadstead (as on the west coast of Africa)
noun
: a basket or chair (as of canvas) attached to a cargo boom and used to convey persons to and from boats alongside ship in an open roadstead (as on the west coast of Africa)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012