| 单词 | mast rope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmast rope mast rope n. a rope passing through a sheave in the head of a topmast, used for raising and lowering upper masts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for raising or lowering topmast mast rope1841 OE Exodus 82 Swa þa mæstrapas men ne cuðon, ne ða seglrode geseon meahton, eorðbuende ealle cræfte, hu afæstnod wæs feldhusa mæst. c1330 Short Metrical Chron. (Auch.) 1948 in PMLA (1931) 46 140 He smot her mast ropes atvo. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 21 To send up a Topmast... Lash a top-block to the head of the lower-mast; reeve a mast-rope through it [etc.]. 1862 Sci. Amer. 2 Aug. 77/1 The mast-rope, p, the mast downhaul, q, and the step. 1998 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 27 June 6 Then add mast ropes, running each one between screw eyes at deck level. < as lemmas |
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