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hamber-line Naut.|ˈhæmbəlaɪn|
Also hambro-line.
[corr. of Hamburgh.]
(See quot. 1867.)
1793J. MacDonell Diary in C. M. Gates Five Fur Traders (1933) 75 The canoe line..consists of fine Hambro lines loosely twisted upon one another. 1853Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 109, 2 skeins of hamber line, to lash the planks to the outside cables. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Hamber, or Hambro'-line, small line used for seizings, lashings, etc. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 108 Hambro, Hambroline, a small line, made of three strands of hemp, hard laid, sometimes tarred, and used for lacings, seizings, etc. |