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bull rope

bull rope noun: a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead, with the hauling part led to the deck.

Noun

bull rope (plural bull ropes)

  1. a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead, with the hauling part led to the deck

Forms of bull rope

pluralbull ropes

Questions about bull rope

What does bull rope mean?
Bull rope means a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead, with the hauling part led to the deck.
What part of speech is bull rope?
Bull rope is a noun.
What is the plural of bull rope?
The plural of bull rope is bull ropes.

Words near bull rope in the dictionary

  1. bull rings
  2. bull roarer
  3. bull roarers
  4. bull roast
  5. bull roasts
  6. bull rope
  7. bull ropes
  8. bull run
  9. bull runner
  10. bull runners
  11. bull runs

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