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thorough-foot n. Nautical Obsolete a disarrangement in a tackle caused by one or both of the blocks getting entangled in the fall; (also) a knot or tangle in a rope formed by putting one part of it through a loop in another (cf. thorough-put n.).
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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.
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