iron-strap
US Whaling (now rare )
noun
A short piece of rope connecting a line to a harpoon.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- per procuration
- per procurationem
- perp walk
- perqueer
- perqueir
- perquisite
- perquisition
- perquisitor
- per quod
- perradial
- perradius
- perramble
- Perrault, Charles
- per recte et retro
- per rectum
- perrhenate
- perrhenic acid
- Perrier
- perrierite
- Perrier Jouet
- Perrier water
- Perrier–Jouët
- Perrin, Jean Baptiste
- perron
- per-rotatory