单词 | grass rope |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass rope grass rope n. originally and chiefly Nautical a light rope made of coir or other plant material, such as sisal or hemp; cf. grass hawser n., grass line n. 1. ΚΠ 1789 N. Portlock Voy. round World ix. 182 The anchor-end of the best bower cable being much worn, we yesterday cut about nine fathoms of it off, and in this day were employed in rounding it with grass rope. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 147 Veer a buoy or small boat astern by the grass rope [1897 by a grass hawser]. 1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea (1953) iv. i. 284 A heaving-line was passed from Compass Rose , and then a light grass-rope, and then the heavy towing-hawser. 2016 Northlines (New Delhi, India) (Nexis) 5 Oct. The Prime Minister of the state was jailed, paraded through main bazaar on foot, handcuffed with grass ropes. < as lemmas |
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