单词 | becket |
释义 | becket /bek"it/, n. Naut. 1. a short length of rope for securing spars, coils of rope, etc., having an eye at one end and a thick knot or a toggle at the other, which is passed through the eye. 2. a grommet of rope, as one used as a handle or oarlock. 3. a grommet or eye on a block to which the standing end of a fall can be secured. 4. a wooden cleat or hook secured to the shrouds of a sailing vessel to hold tacks and sheets not in use. [1760-70; orig. uncert.] |
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