| 单词 | racking bend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasracking bend Esp. of a knot: that fastens something together by racking (see rack v.6). Chiefly in racking bend, racking hitch, racking seizing, racking turn. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [adjective] > fastening ropes together racking1831 1831 T. O'Scanlon Diccionario Marítimo Español Hitch (Racking). 1847 W. N. Brady Kedge-anchor (ed. 2) ix. 264 The lashing should be passed on both, with racking turns, hove taut by a Spanish windlass. 1886 J. M. Caulfeild Seamanship Notes 3 Secure..reef-pendant to boom with a racking or rolling hitch. 1908 Man. Seamanship I. iii. 99 The remaining turns are passed as racking turns. 1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 136/2 Racking Seizing, small stuff passed around two ropes or spars in an over and under figure-of-eight fashion. 1962 G. Danton Theory & Pract. Seamanship xvi. 426 The Racking Seizing is more complex. It is started in the same way,..but figure-of-eight turns are taken. 1968 E. Franklin Dict. Knots 23 When two ropes of widely different thicknesses have to be bent together, the conventional bends are virtually useless. The Racking Bend, however, serves the purpose excellently. 2004 Operative Techniques in Sports Med. 12 53 The No. 5 FiberWire is tied over anterior and lateral borders of the clavicle with a racking hitch. < as lemmas |
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