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gantline

gantline noun: a line rigged to a mast, used to hoist rigging.

Noun

gantline (plural gantlines)

  1. A line rigged to a mast, used to hoist rigging.
    • A moment later, I saw the man's head appear over the top. He had the tail-block slung round his neck, and the end of the gantline over his shoulder.1909, William Hope Hodgson, The Ghost Pirates, Chapter IV
    • He drew deep breath; a gantline swayed aloft
      A lower topsail, hard with rope and leather,
      Such as men's frozen fingers fight with oft
      Below the Ramirez in Cape Hom weather.1913, John Masefield, Dauber (poem)
    Synonyms:
    girtline

Synonyms of gantline

Forms of gantline

pluralgantlines

Questions about gantline

What does gantline mean?
Gantline means a line rigged to a mast, used to hoist rigging.
What part of speech is gantline?
Gantline is a noun.
What is the plural of gantline?
The plural of gantline is gantlines.

Words near gantline in the dictionary

  1. ganthostome
  2. gantisate
  3. gantlet
  4. gantleted
  5. gantlets
  6. gantline
  7. gantlines
  8. gantlope
  9. gantlopes
  10. Gantner
  11. Gantners

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