gaubn.1
/ɡɔːb/ Nautical.
Only attributive in gaub-line n., gaub-rope (see quots.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes securing bowsprit or jib-boom
martingale1794
back-rope1840
gaub-line1841
jib-guy1868
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 107 Gob-line or Gaub-line, a rope leading from the martingale inboard. The same as back-rope.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gaub-line.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 196 A gab rope is often fitted to a jib. It is a short piece of rope spliced into a thimble, about half-way along the foot of the sail, and rove through a block on the bowsprit cap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
gaubn.2
/ɡɔːb/, U.S. /ɡɔb/, /ɡɑb/ Indian.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > fruit or seed > gaub tree or fruit
gaub1866
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Gaub, an Indian name for the astringent medicinal fruit of Diospyros Embryopteris.
1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants II. 135 Diospyros Embryopteris, Pers., is the gaub tree of India; its fruit contains a sticky pulp, used for caulking seams in boats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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