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quarter-line Naut.
1. The position of ships in a column when each successive vessel has its bows abaft the beam of the one in front, and a little to one side.
1875Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. i. (ed. 2) 22 A Column is said to be in Quarter Line when the ships are ranged in one line abaft each others' beam, but not right astern.
2. a. A line from a vessel's quarter.
1886R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log vii. 146 The quarter-line is cast overboard.
b. An additional line fastened to the underside of a seine to assist in drawing it in (Cent. Dict.). |