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单词 preventer rope
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preventer rope
3. Nautical. More fully preventer rope. A rope used (esp. temporarily) to strengthen or duplicate a stay or other piece of rigging in order to prevent damage in the event of its breaking; (hence) any supplementary or strengthening part added to rigging.
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a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) at Roape A preuenter-roape (which is a little rope seased crosse ouer the Ties close at the Ramhead that if one parte of the Ties should breake the other should not run through the Ram~head to endanger the Yard).
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 162 Preventers, Ropes that have Wale Knots at each End, chiefly used in Sea-fights. For when Rigging is in part shot, such Ropes are apply'd to prevent the damaged Ropes being quite broke off.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) Preventer-rope, to save the yard in case any part of the tyes should be broke.
1783 F. Hervey et al. Naval Hist. Great Brit. (new ed.) IV. iii. 354 The Kent forged a-head, her braces, preventers, and hoppers, being all shot away.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxiii. 414 We..ran out the boom and lashed it fast, and sent down the lower halyards, as a preventer.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 115 Two luff tackles, one preventer rope.
1868 Morning Star 6 Jan. From the topmost head there was a strengthening tackle, and from the lowermost head to the yard there were preventers.
1951 P. Drucker in North & Central Nootkan Tribes 27 The end was..tied to the forward thwart on the starboard side, with a short guide or ‘preventer’ over the port side at the stern.
1992 W. F. Buckley WindFall xv. 225 Ever since, I've been rigid on the matter of fixing a preventer in place to hold back the boom.
1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 21 Aug. 9 A weld anchoring a turning block gave way, causing the boom preventer rope to whip across the deck.
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