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serhanbener
01-06-2012, 04:21 AM
Every moment the rising swell began to boom and foam upon another sunken reef; and ever and again a breaker would fall in sounding ruin under the very bows of her, and the brown reef and streaming tangle appear in the hollow of the wave.

What is the meaning of "fall in sounding ruin under the very bows of her"?
Bow is the front part of the ship. "Bows" is also two faces of that front part. But "under" makes it complex. "Bows" are the exterior of a ship.

What is the meaning of "streaming tangle "?