单词 | right-handed rope |
释义 | > as lemmasright-handed rope right-handed rope n. = right-hand rope n. at right hand n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > laid to the right right-handed rope1832 right-hand rope1841 1832 Zool. Jrnl. 5 346 The Carinæ are nodulous, or twisted like the strands of a rope; the twists of the upper carina are in the direction of a water-laid, or right-handed rope. 1860 J. M. Boyd Man. Naval Cadets (ed. 2) 148 Strands intended for right-handed rope are spun up left-handed. 1972 G. L. Danton Theory & Pract. Seamanship (ed. 4) xvi. 414 A capstan or drum that will only revolve clockwise should be used only for a right-handed rope. 1994 R. C. Anderson Rigging of Ships in Days of Spritsail Topmast vi. 94 With right-handed rope the end goes from left to right and comes up on the left hand side of the shroud. < as lemmas |
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