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gobline

gobline noun: one of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit.

Noun (1)

gobline (plural goblines)

  1. One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit.
    • The gobline helps prevent the tug from being tripped or capsized when working on a towline especially if the tug is being towed stern first.1986, George H. Reid, Shiphandling with Tugs, page 66
    • This is not so important if the towline is bowsed to the stern of the tug with a gobline.1996, Graham Danton, The Theory and Practice of Seamanship
  2. The outer extent of the gob (waste material) in an old mine.
    • At Mine C, the future tailgate entry was 184 ft away from the longwall gobline and under a cover depth of 900 ft.2002, Proceedings ... International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, page 16
    • They serve as the gobline supports for the space between the canopy tip and faceline as shields are removed one by one from the tail end to head end.2019, Syd S. Peng, Longwall Mining

Noun (2)

gobline (plural goblines)

  1. (India) Goblin.
    • So, my dear Yudhishthira, the observance of the fast on the Jaya Ekadahee day saves the observer from falling into the low strata of ghosts, gobline and fiends, affords all the merits attainable by sacrifices, charities and penances and ensures pleasurable life in the Heaven for thousands of years.1991, Swami Ganeshdas, Katha-ratnam
    • In the paintings of the Ajanta caves, executed when Buddhism dominated north India, "the female, or Rākshasi, is represented as a gobline in the shape of a handsome woman, red, fair, or dark, with flowing hair, killing men and feeding on their flesh and blood" (Crooke 1907:238).2004, Scott Atran, In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion, page 285

Synonyms of gobline

  • gobrope
  • gaubline

Forms of gobline

pluralgoblines

Origin of gobline

From gob + line.

Questions about gobline

What does gobline mean?
Gobline means one of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit.
What part of speech is gobline?
Gobline is a noun.
What is the plural of gobline?
The plural of gobline is goblines.

Words near gobline in the dictionary

  1. goblin sharks
  2. goblin spider
  3. goblin spiders
  4. goblincore
  5. goblindom
  6. gobline
  7. goblines
  8. goblinesque
  9. gobliness
  10. goblinesses
  11. goblinish

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