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roband Naut.|ˈrəʊbænd|
Also 8–9 roban.
[Later var. of robin robbin, app. more directly representing one or other of the forms cited under raband. Sometimes improved into rope-band.]
A piece of small rope passed through an eyelet-hole in the head of a sail and used to secure it to the yard above.
1762Falconer Shipwreck ii. 80 To each yard-arm, the head-rope they extend, And soon their earings and the robands bend. 1769― Dict. Marine (1780) s.v. Sail, The heads of all four-sided sails, and the fore-leeches of lateen sails, are attached to their respective yard or gaff by a number of small cords called robands. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xiv, All hands were..picking old rope to pieces, or laying up gaskets and robands. 1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 2 What is a roband or rolling hitch used for? For bending sails,..for reefing courses,..&c. 1899F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 82 In a man-of-war, where they can send a man to every roband.
attrib.1762Falconer Shipwreck 157 The reef-lines next..Through eye-lid-holes and roband-legs are reev'd. 1769― Dict. Marine (1780) s.v. Reefing, Provided that the turns are inserted through the roband-legs. |