Comber

Part of speech - Noun

Definition: "A long curling sea wave."

Sentence in text: "I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber floated free; the mast, too, broke away." (223-224)

Own Sentence: The comber caused the small Boston Whaler to flip after it was hit by it on the side.

Synonyms: wave, swell