swing-ropen.
1. Nautical.† a. ? = sheet n.2 1. Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > sheet or brace
sheet1336
swing-rope1336
shoot1405
mainbrace1485
mainsheet1485
top-sheet1485
smite1494
tailing-rope1495
tail-rope1495
brace1626
stern-sheets1626
trimmers1630
fore-sheet1669
jib-sheet1825
boom-sheet1836
1336 Roll ‘W.N.’ 579 in N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal Navy (1847) II. 471 [For skin (‘pelle’) bought of divers persons to make two] swengeropes [therewith, 2 s.].
b. A small rope by which a boat ‘swings’ (swing v.1 11).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope to which trawl or net attached
rode1612
swing-rope1844
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > small
swing-rope1844
1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. App. 331 The tie of the last net is..fixed to the swing-rope, a small hawser attached to the stern, and the boat rides to her drift as if at anchor.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 252/2 If there is a great deal of wind more swing-rope is allowed, so that the nets may not be dragged through the water.
2. A rope for a swing (swing n.2 11).
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > swing > [noun] > rope for swing
swing-rope1815
1815 Sporting Mag. 45 153 Good swing ropes and jump cords.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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