Nautical. Any of various small ropes used to secure a sail to a yard. Obsolete.
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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 > ropes securing sail to yard (14) headline1294 Nautical. Any of various small ropes used to secure a sail to a yard. Obsolete. rope-bend1294 = roband, n. roband1336 Chiefly in plural. A piece of small rope passed through eyelet-holes in the head of a sail and used to secure the sail to the yard above. robbin1497 Chiefly in plural = roband, n. raeband1513 = roband, n. rope-yard1611 = roband, n. earing1626 In earlier use: a loop in the corner of a sail through which a rope may be attached. Later: any of various small ropes threaded through such a… leech-line1626 a rope attached to the leech, serving to truss the sail close up to the yard. rope-band1769 = roband, n. jackstay1834 Nautical. A rope, rod, etc., fitted along a yard or gaff to fasten the head of a sail to, or (less commonly) fitted along a boom to fasten the… roving1837 = roband, n. Subcategories:— hook for (2) — hoop to bend sail to stay (1) |
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