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jewel block

jewel block noun: a block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studdingsail is rove.

Noun

jewel block (plural jewel blocks)

  1. (archaic) A block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studdingsail is rove.
    • Having reeved the line through all the inferior blocks, I went out with it to the end of the weather-top-gallant-yard-arm, and was in the act of leaning over and passing it through the suspended jewel-block there, when the ship gave a plunge in the sudden swells of the calm sea, and pitching me...1850, Herman Melville, White-Jacket

Forms of jewel block

pluraljewel blocks
alternative formjewel-block

Questions about jewel block

What does jewel block mean?
Jewel block means a block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studdingsail is rove.
What part of speech is jewel block?
Jewel block is a noun.
What is the plural of jewel block?
The plural of jewel block is jewel blocks.

Words near jewel block in the dictionary

  1. jewel anemones
  2. jewel bearing
  3. jewel bearings
  4. jewel beetle
  5. jewel beetles
  6. jewel block
  7. jewel blocks
  8. jewel box
  9. jewel boxes
  10. jewel bug
  11. jewel bugs

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