| 单词 | reef line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreef line reef line n. = reefpoint n.; (also more generally) a rope used in reefing a sail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for shortening sail > reefing lines reef line1711 reef tackle1711 point1769 reefpoint1769 spilling-line1769 reef hank1794 reefing point1847 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant v. 150 Rope-bands and Ear-rings, as big as the Reef-lines, and ½ longer, put together. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine H h iv The courses of large ships are either reefed with points or small cords, which are thence called reef-lines... The line is passed spirally through the eyelet-holes of the reef, and over the head of the sail alternately, and..strained..tight. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 124 In reefing, the end of the becket is passed under the reef line. 1998 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 10 Nov. c2 Conditions eased enough for me to run a new reef line through the boom. < as lemmas |
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