![]() The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling > FOOTROPES.Ī rope used for trimming the foresail the space near bow of open boat > FORESHEETS. to stow a rope in a Flemish coil > FLEMISHES, FLEMISHING, FLEMISHED.Īs in foefie slide, a rope, fixed at an incline, along which a person suspended on a pulley may traverse a space, esp across a river. Ropes in the rigging of a ship > CORDAGES.Ī rope esp on a ship (verb) to tow a boat with a cordelle > CORDELLES, CORDELLING, CORDELLED.Ī person who or thing which fastens with a cord or forms a cord > CORDERS.Ī strap buckled to the back of a saddle and looped under the horse's tail, to prevent the saddle from slipping forward > CROUPERS.Ī strap on a saddle that passes beneath a horse's tail > CRUPPERS.Ī rope for holding down or hauling down a sail or spar > DOWNHAULS.Ī circular opening to receive a hook etc > EYEHOLES.Ī hook or ring on the end of a rope or chain > EYEHOOKS. The bridle-strap that goes over a horse's forehead > BROWBANDS.Ī rope attached to the middle of a square sail to haul it up to the yard > BUNTLINES.Ī heavy rope (verb) to fasten with a cable > CABLES, CABLING, CABLED.Ī little cable less than ten inches in circumference > CABLETS.Ī rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead > CATFALLS.Ī metal casting with curved arms for passing ropes for mooring ship (verb) to fasten or secure with or as if with a block or wedge > CHOCKS, CHOCKING, CHOCKED.Ī corner of a sail with a hole to attach ropes (verb) to attach a rope to the corner of a sail > CLEWS, CLEWING, CLEWED. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.Ī thong or lace made of rawhide > BABICHES.Ī rope supporting the mizzenmast > BACKSEATS.Ī loop of rope having a knot at one end and an eye at the other > BECKETS.Ī rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit > BOBSTAYS.Ī strong rope stitched to the edges of a sail > BOLTROPES.Ī strap tied round the trouser legs by outdoor labourers > BOWYANGS.
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