| 单词 | ropemaker's eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasropemaker's eye ropemaker's eye n. Nautical a special eye made on a rope. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > annular quality > ring > loop > of rope, chain, or cloth hank1388 linkc1450 boughta1475 eye1584 bight1622 loop1718 ropemaker's eye1854 1854 C. Bushell Rigger's Guide 36 If the stay is made with the ropemaker's eye, it will be served the same as a Flemish eye. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy (1886) 127 A Rope-Maker's Eye is generally made in the end of a jibstay when fitted with a slip at the jib-boom end, and has a thimble in it to receive the slip. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XV. 874/1 Ropemakers' Eye..is formed by taking out of a rope one strand longer by 6 in. or a foot than the required eye, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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