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单词 ribs of the parrel
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ribs of the parrel
b. Any of the pieces of wood attached to the parrel and having holes through which the ropes may be reeved; frequently as ribs of the parrel. Now historical. ribs and trucks: these pieces taken in conjunction with the trucks of the parrel (see truck n.2 2b); (figurative) bits and pieces.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope or chain securing yard > fitting through which it is reeved
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1625 in Mariner's Mirror (1914) 4 283/1 [The parrel] framed of a Rope , Truckes and Ribs or sisters.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 83 Those little long wooden peeces which..doe belong to the Parrells of the yards, are called the Ribbs of the Parrells.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Parrel There are four different sorts of parrels, one of which is formed..of a rope communicating with an assemblage of ribs and trucks.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 22 Now, Jack, hand me the ribs and trucks, to keep the keel steady.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 572 Ribs and Trucks, used figuratively for fragments.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 572 Ribs of a Parrel,..the ribs were pieces of wood, each about one foot in length, having two holes in them through which the two parts of the parrel-rope are reeved with a bull's-eye between.
1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 170 Ribs and trucks, odds and ends.
1984 J. Lees Masting & Rigging Eng. Ships of War (ed. 2) ii. viii. 66/2 The breast rope..being made fast to the yard leading round the ribs of the parrel.
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