单词 | thorough-foot |
释义 | > as lemmasthorough-foot ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > disarrangement of thorough-foot1862 1862 S. B. Luce Seamanship iii. 37 Sometimes, as in the case of a boat's fall, by the block capsizing, or through carelessness in overhauling, the fall gets a thoroughfoot in it—that is, the parts get crossed. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Thorough-puts, or Thorough-foots, are kinks or tangles in a rope; or parts of a tackle not leading fair by reason of one of the blocks having been passed round part of the fall. < as lemmas |
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