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yard-ropes

yard-ropes is the plural of yard-rope.

Meaning of yard-rope

Noun

yard-rope (plural yard-ropes)

  1. A rope that goes through a block or sheave at the top of a mast that is used for hoisting or lowering a yard; gantline.
    • Trice down the jack-block, by letting go the halyards and hauling down on the yard-rope. Cast off the yard-rope from the slings of the yard, and hook the tye to its thimble; haul taut the halyards, and square the yard by the lists and braces.1841, Benjamin J. Totten, Naval Text-book: Letters to the Midshipmen of the United States Navy, page 57

Questions about yard-ropes

What is yard-ropes the plural of?
Yard-ropes is the plural of yard-rope.

Words near yard-ropes in the dictionary

  1. yard-long bean
  2. yard-long beans
  3. yard-long cucumber
  4. yard-long cucumbers
  5. yard-rope
  6. yard-ropes
  7. yard-sale
  8. yard-saled
  9. yard-sales
  10. yard-saling
  11. yard-trash day

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