单词 | selvagee |
释义 | selvageen. Nautical and Military. (See quot. 1867.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > lashings, seizings, or securing ropes > a rope used for stopper1636 lanyard1669 lasher1669 racking1704 selvage1711 selvagee1750 gilguy1833 tier1844 stop1846 selvage-stropc1860 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Salvagees are made with three flat Strands breeded, or by a small Turn put into several Rope Yarns cut into proper Lengths. 1800 J. Mitchell Cursory Observ. Modes Manuf. Cables Pref. Selvagee..is generally pronounced by seamen Salvagee. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Selvagee, a strong and pliant hank, or untwisted skein of rope-yarn marled together, and used as a strap to fasten round a shroud or stay, or slings to which to hook a tackle to hoist in any heavy articles. 1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 392 Selvagees are used for slinging projectiles of the abovementioned natures [i.e. of R.M.L. guns, 9-in. to 12-in., of 25 tons] when loading. Compounds selvagee strop n. ΚΠ 1860 A. H. Alston Seamanship 193 A Selvagee Strop is made of spun-yarn, or small rope, according to the size required, warped off, and marled down. 1904 in Dixon Kemp's Yacht & Boat Sailing (ed. 10) selvagee tail n. ΚΠ 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 46 The pendant, having two selvagee tails, is secured to the bight. selvagee twist n. ΚΠ 1799 J. Mitchell Specif. Patent 2333 3 Selvagee twists are of two sorts. selvagee wire rope n. ΚΠ 1843 A. Smith in Trans. Soc. Arts 34 164 Selvagee wire ropes are made of wires laid parallel and without twist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1750 |
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