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单词 headfast
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  • In this lay the danger of making fast, for a strong pull from a headfast rope might drag the erection completely over.

    The Hand of Ethelberta|Thomas Hardy

headfast

/ (ˈhɛdfɑːst) /

noun

a mooring rope at the bows of a ship

Word Origin for headfast

C16: from head (in the sense: front) + fast a mooring rope, from Middle English fest, from Old Norse festr; related to fast 1

Words nearby headfast

headdress, head-dropping test, headed, header, header bond, headfast, headfirst, headfish, head fold, head for, headforemost
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