单词 | heel rope |
释义 | heel ropen. 1. Nautical. A rope passed through a sheave at the heel of the bowsprit or jib boom in order to haul it out. Also: a rope temporarily attached to the heel of a rudder in order to move or secure it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > other ropes used on ships stud1336 studrope1337 start rope1353 wartake14.. warsheet1420 ridge rope1769 heel rope1777 lizard1794 jackstay1834 triatic stay1841 surf line1848 gaff-string1861 head rope1867 jackstay1954 jackline1976 twist line- 1777 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 21 We easily shifted our driver boom to different parts of the stern, and by the heel ropes at the heaviest end within board, trim'd it as the wind required. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 172 Heel-rope is to haul out the bowsprits of cutters, etc. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xiii. 251 Heel-ropes are usually fitted to large iron rudders. 1893 W. T. Waun S. Sea Islanders 173 I..rove a heel rope to the main-top-mast. 1938 Mariner's Mirror 24 425 A heel-rope..was taken two or three turns around the mast and then belayed. 1951 H. I. Chapelle Amer. Small Sailing Craft vii. 322 The sail is furled by unreeving the heel rope and up-ending the sprit so its heel is aloft. 2014 L. Gordon et al. in K. J. Crisman Coffins of Brave iv. 100 The jibboom's inboard end was secured by a heel rope and lashing to prevent the boom from sliding down the bowsprit. 2. A rope for tying up a horse or mule by the hind leg or legs in order to prevent kicking or straying. Cf. heel-rope v. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > hobble or fetter fetterlockc1440 shackle1529 trammelc1550 manacle1553 rapshin1677 fetlock1695 French lock1704 heel rope1854 1783 F. Gladwin tr. A. Allâmî Ayeen Akbery I. i. 173 (table) Saddle cloth..Girths..Bridle &c..Heel ropes &c. 1854 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda II. 115 The halter and the heel-ropes of the fleet courser. 1886 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List Sept. 1525 Heel Ropes, V Shape, with Leather Leg Strap. 1916 Times of India 7 Mar. 7/4 It was a drabi who pursued his escaping mule almost into the German lines at Loos crying out that the beast had broken his heel rope and that his sahib would be angry. 1937 Man. Horsemanship (War Office) i. 22 Secure the end of the heel rope to the loops of the pegs with two half hitches. 2013 G. S. Bucklin Gentle Art Horseback Riding ix. 87 The horse..is kept in the stall either with a halter and tie rope at his head or with a heel rope across the back of the stall or both. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777 |
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