| 单词 | button and eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutton and eye (or †loop) P5. Chiefly Nautical. button and eye (or †loop): a length of rope, leather, etc., with a loop or eye at one end and a knot at the other, used as a fastening or tie. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > becket becket1769 button and eye (or loop)1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 163 Button and Loop, a short piece of rope, having at one end a walnut knot, crowned, and at the other end an eye. It is used as a becket to confine ropes in. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 145 Button and eye pattern.—A loop of leather or webbing, one end of which is doubled into an eye, and the other gathered into a toggle or button. 1944 C. W. Ashley Ashley Bk. Knots xl. 523 A button and eye strap, for quick adjustment to a spar. Either a Matthew Walker Knot or a Manrope Knot may be used. < as lemmas |
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