triaticadj.n.
/trʌɪˈatɪk/ Nautical.
A. adj.
triatic stay: (see quots.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > other ropes used on ships
stud1336
studrope1337
start rope1353
wartake14..
warsheet1420
ridge rope1769
heel rope1777
lizard1794
jackstay1834
triatic stay1841
surf line1848
gaff-string1861
head rope1867
jackstay1954
jackline1976
twist line-
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. Triatic Stay, a rope secured at each end to the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced into its bight, to hook the stay tackles to.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. [as in Dana, with this addition] Triatic Stay... This term applies also to the jumper-stay, extending in schooners from the mainmast-head to the foremast-head, clearing the end of the fore gaff.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Triatic stay (Naut.), a device consisting of two pendants attached respectively to the foremast-head and mainmast-head, and having thimbles spliced to the other ends, to which the third part, or span, is attached, as are also the stay-tackles; used principally for hoisting boats in and out of a vessel.
B. n.
= triatic stay at sense A..
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1926 Glasgow Herald 7 Jan. 6/1 Vertical wires suspended from triatics attached to the arms of the masts.
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