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slabline Naut.|ˈslæblaɪn|
[prob. ad. Du. slaplijn (G. schlappleine), f. slap slack.]
(See quots. 1769 and 1846.) Also attrib.
1647N. Ward Simple Cobler 46 When Kings are haleing up their top-gallant, Subjects lay hold on their slablines. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Slab-line, a small cord passing up behind a ship's main-sail or fore-sail... It is used to truss up the sail. 1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 285 Slab⁓line, a rope used to haul up the slack of a course, in order to prevent it from shaking, or being split in the act of hauling up the sail. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 25 The quarter slabline block on the jackstay. Ibid. 47 The inner slabline is..brought abaft the sail. |