Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

Cut his painter

Refers to dying and death, since the painter here is a personal one that describes a sailor's link with life. On a life raft, the painter is the line that is attached to the valve/mouth of CO2 cylinder. When a life raft is packed in the container the painter is left outside the container and is available to be pulled upon to quickly inflate the raft.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01