| 单词 | throat seizing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthroat seizing throat seizing n. Nautical a seizing (seizing n. 2b) differing from a round seizing (round seizing n. at round adj. Compounds 2a) chiefly in being used to bind together the crossed ends of a looped rope at the point where they cross in order to form an eye (eye n.1 13c) or strop (strop n.1 2a). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > seizing on throat seizing1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 173 Throat-seizing is the first seizing clapt on where a rope, or ropes, cross each other. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Throat-seizing, in blocks, confines the hook and thimble in the strop home to the scores. 1947 H. Wyllie Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1948) 34 230 The throat and round seizings have to be constantly repassed in order to get the hearts and deadeyes turned in really snug after a pull has been got upon the lanyards. 2013 P. G. Tortora & I. Johnson Fairchild Bks. Dict. Textiles (8 ed.) 542 In throat seizing, the two ropes cross each other and are tied together. < as lemmas |
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