suprunp
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She [a ship] is down at the stern and listing to starboard. Silently, captured by some current invisible from the shore, she is drawn in toward the beach, quicker and quicker until she rams the stained pumice shelves with a groan and, ripped open, goes over by the bow and begins to sink.
(Viriconium; M. John Harrison)
Would you be so kind as to tell me what exactly 'goes over by the bow' means here?
Thanks.
(Viriconium; M. John Harrison)
Would you be so kind as to tell me what exactly 'goes over by the bow' means here?
Thanks.