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ˈyard-rope Naut. [f. yard n.2 + rope n.1] †a. (pl.) The permanent rigging of a yard.
1336–7Acc. Exch. K.R. 19/31 m. 4 (P.R.O.) In viij. petris cord' de canabo..pro duobus yerderopes inde faciendis. 1356in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III, m. 34/2, xlvij. trusseropes, xxv. ȝerderopes, xiiij. Wyndyngropes, ij. Cranelynes. 1420in For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI, I, De..ij Tripgetropes ij. Trusses pro ȝerdrope. 1487Naval Accts. Hen. VII (1896) 68 Yerd ropes for the top. b. (See quot. 1867.)
1850J. S. Carden Curtail'd Mem. iii. (1912) 89 The intended Victim was on the Forecastle, the Yard Rope from the Fore Yard rove round his neck, The Yard Rope Man'd. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Yard-rope,..that by which a yard is hoisted for crossing, or sent down. Also, rove for execution. |