A rope attached to the vertical edge of a square sail for trussing it up close to the yard; a leech-line.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > for raising, lowering, topping, or tripping yard (4) martnet1582 A rope attached to the vertical edge of a square sail for trussing it up close to the yard; a leech-line. tripping-line1841 attributive and in other combinations, as tripping-block; tripping-line n. Nautical a light line for tilting the yards (see trip, v. 12); also, a… snotter1846 (See quots.) yard-rope1850 (See quot. 1867.) |
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