| 单词 | catbackrope |
| 释义 | > as lemmascat-back-rope cat-rope n. Nautical †(a) = cat-fall n.; (b) ‘a line for hauling the cat-hook about; also cat-back-rope’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > for raising anchor to cat-head > fall of cat-rope1627 cat-fall1769 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 28 The Cat rope is to hale vp the Cat. 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. B2v Cables, hawsers, fish and Cattrope. cat-back-rope The anchor is catted or raised to the cat-head by means of the cat-tackle or cat-purchase, which consists of the cat-block, cat-fall, and the sheaves in the cat-head; the cat-block is furnished with a strong hook, the cat-hook, which is hooked to the ring of the anchor by means of the cat-rope, or cat-back-rope; when raised, the anchor is fastened by its ring to the cat-head with the cat-head-stopper or cat-stopper. See also cat n.1 7 and Compounds 3.extracted from cat-headn.< as lemmas |
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