roband
/ˈrəʊband/ /ˈrəʊbənd/ /ˈrɒbɪn/Nautical
noun
Chiefly in plural A piece of small rope passed through eyelet-holes in the head of a sail and used to secure the sail to the yard above.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Naval Account. From ro, variant of rae + band; compare raeband and Germanic parallels cited at that entry.
- trailhead
- trailing arbutus
- trailing edge
- trailing wheel
- trail mix
- trail one's coat
- train
- trainability
- trainable
- trainband
- train-bearer
- train-bearing
- train bolt
- train boy
- train call
- train caller
- train compartment
- train depot
- train dispatcher
- traineau
- trainee
- traineeship
- trainer
- trainer bra
- traineress