单词 | rigging rope |
释义 | > as lemmasrigging rope rigging rope n. chiefly Nautical a rope used in rigging (usually in plural); (as a mass noun) ropes of this type. ΚΠ 1593 in K. R. Andrews Eng. Privateering Voy. W. Indies (1959) 232 Rigginge ropes old & not serviceable. 1741 J. Cowley Sailor's Compan. & Merchantman's Convoy Contents Names of the Masts, Yards and Rigging-ropes of a Ship. 1818 Times 28 Oct. 3/3 The people at the prisoner's warehouse were busied in unlaying the rigging-rope. 1920 C. Sandburg Smoke & Steel 186 I saw the North Star one night and five new stars for me in the rigging ropes. 2005 B. Heath Discovering Great South Land 119/1 To connect the standing rigging ropes to the masts, tough ash wood deadeyes without sheaves were required. < as lemmas |
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