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yard rope

yard rope is the alternative form 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

Forms of yard rope

pluralyard ropes

Questions about yard rope

What is yard rope the alternative form of?
Yard rope is the alternative form of yard-rope.

Words near yard rope in the dictionary

  1. yard of land
  2. yard of satin
  3. yard out
  4. yard pilot
  5. yard pilots
  6. yard rope
  7. yard ropes
  8. yard sale
  9. yard sales
  10. yard slug
  11. yard slugs

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