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Senhouse Naut.|ˈsɛnhaʊs|
[Origin unknown.]
In full, Senhouse slip. A slip (slip n.3 3 e) designed to secure the end of a cable.
1923Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) II. ix. 163 The special towing Senhouse slip is inserted between the first and second shackle of the cable. 1948R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 648/2 Senhouse slip, a short length of chain of the same strength as the anchor cable, with a slip hook at one end and a shackle at the other. It is shackled to the cable clench, its purpose being to allow the bitter end of the cable to be easily slipped in case of emergency. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 183 Senhouse, a large slip in the cable locker near the clench bolt for holding the cable should it have to be unbolted and slipped. 1963P. J. Abraham Last Hours 135 He remembered knocking the Senhouse slip on one of the gripes away. 1976Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 126/2 Senhouse slip... Its normal place in a ship used to be in the cable lockers where the inboard end of the cable is secured, but in several modern ships the end of the cable is shackled on to a deck bolt in the locker, no Senhouse slip being used. Smaller Senhouse slips are used in many smaller vessels and yachts to hold the ends of the guard⁓rails to the stanchions. |