A mooring rope. In later use Scottish (Shetland).
| 单词 | θ206108 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel (36) fast1440 A mooring rope. In later use Scottish (Shetland). mooring chain1485 guess-warp1495 ‘A rope carried to a distant object, in order to warp a vessel towards it, or to make fast a boat’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). By some writers… mooring1681 In singular. gift-rope1704 = guest-rope, n., guess-warp, n. moorings1750 In plural. Ropes, chains, cables, etc., by which a floating object is moored. mooring-cablea1785 steady-fast1867 (see quot.). Subcategories:— to the shore (1) — large (4) — small (1) — with blocks (1) — bridle (3) — at bow (6) — at stern (2) — broadside (1) — diagonal (3) — painter (6) |
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