| 单词 | smiting-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmiting-line smiting-line n. Nautical (now historical) a rope attached to the mizzen sail which, when pulled, allows the sail to deploy. Cf. to smite the mizzen at smite v. Phrases 5.Chiefly attested in dictionaries and glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for loosing sail smiting-linea1625 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) [The] Smitting-line is a small Roape which is made fast to the Missen yard arms. 1790 R. Wilson Seaman's Man. 94 Smiting-line, a small rope fastened to mizen-yard-arm, below at the deck, and is always furled up with the mizen-sail. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Smiting-Line, a line by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosed, without sending men aloft. 1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail v. 77/2 A ‘smiting line’ was made fast at the forward end of the yard, and made up with the sail. < as lemmas |
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