| 单词 | monkey block |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey block monkey block n. Nautical a kind of block used in the rigging of sailing vessels (see quots.). ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 156 Monkey-blocks... This sort of blocks is sometimes used on the lower yards of small merchant ships, to lead (into the mast or down upon deck) the running rigging belonging to the sails. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Monkey-block, a small single block strapped with a swivel. Also, those nailed on the topsail-yards of some merchantmen, to lead the buntlines through. 1982 P. Clissold Layton's Dict. Naut. Words (rev. ed.) Monkey block, large iron-bound block bolted to a wooden chock on deck of a sailing vessel. 2. Block fastened on topsail yard as a fairleader for buntlines. < as lemmas |
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