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spurling-line Naut.
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(a)1823Crabb Technol. Dict. II, Spurling Line (Mar.), the line which forms the communication between the wheel and the telltale. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 646 [The] Spurling-line..went round a small barrel, abaft the barrel of the wheel, and made the pointer show the position of the tiller.
(b)1863A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 365 Spurling-line, a line extended athwartships between the two foremast shrouds of a vessel, with thimbles spliced into it to serve as fairleaders for the running-rigging. |