topping lift

noun Nautical.

a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.

Also called lift.

Origin of topping lift

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby topping lift

topotype, top out, topper, toppie, topping, topping lift, topple, top quark, toprail, top round, tops

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Example sentences from the Web for topping lift

And being on the top-gallant-yard, the topping-lift broke, and the end I was on went down like the end of a beam.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
Jerry always remembers things like that and can talk about reef-cringles and topping-lift as if he really knew what they were for.
Us and the Bottleman|Edith Ballinger Price
Hook the topping-lift and forward guy to the boom, and top up on it.
The Seaman's Friend|Richard Henry Dana

British Dictionary definitions for topping lift

topping lift

noun

nautical a line or cable for raising the end of a boom that is away from the mast

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	topping lift
释义	topping lift noun Nautical. a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom. Also called lift. Origin of topping lift First recorded in 1735–45 Words nearby topping lift topotype, top out, topper, toppie, topping, topping lift, topple, top quark, toprail, top round, tops Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for topping lift And being on the top-gallant-yard, the topping-lift broke, and the end I was on went down like the end of a beam. Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events\|S. Baring-Gould Jerry always remembers things like that and can talk about reef-cringles and topping-lift as if he really knew what they were for. Us and the Bottleman\|Edith Ballinger Price Hook the topping-lift and forward guy to the boom, and top up on it. The Seaman's Friend\|Richard Henry Dana British Dictionary definitions for topping lift topping lift noun nautical a line or cable for raising the end of a boom that is away from the mast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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