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Nautical (a) A rope stretched under a yard, on which sailors stand in handing sails; a foot-rope. (b) A rope for a sail to travel on, also called trav…
Originally: any of various lengths of rope stretched taut between different parts of a ship to prevent tangling or fouling, as to deflect rigging…