Bill, from what little I can remember about ships' engineering, a plummer block houses each of the main bearings on a ship's propellor shaft. Or at least in this context. Kipling was praying that the prop would keep going round, I guess.

But this is little more than a guess. Plummer blocks and split plummer blocks are to be found in most large engine and drive shaft applications, I think.

But I could be wrong...


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