| 单词 | reef tackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreef tackle reef tackle n. a tackle used to hoist the outer edge of a sail up to the yard in reefing; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for shortening sail > reefing lines reef line1711 reef tackle1711 point1769 reefpoint1769 spilling-line1769 reef hank1794 reefing point1847 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant v. 146 Hallyards, as big as the Reef-tackle Fall. 1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) ii. 46 (note) Reef-tackles are ropes which run through holes at each top-sail-yard-end. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast v. 10 We had got..the topsail reef-tackles hauled out. 1952 ‘C. S. Forester’ Lieutenant Hornblower ii. 13 Halliards and reef tackles were manned. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Nov. c2 There's a reef point caught in the reef tackle block, sir. < as lemmas |
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