| 单词 | dead rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead rope dead rope n. (a) a rope that does not run in a block or pulley (Phillips 1706); cf. A. 23; (b) a bell-rope working on a half-wheel, for chiming. ΚΠ 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Suppl. Dead ropes, in a ship, are such as are not running, i.e. do not run in any block. 1846–54 G. Oliver Monasticon Exon. 269 Rung with a half wheel, or dead rope. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church x. 359 At this time..the bells were altered from the dead rope pull to the sally. < as lemmas |
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