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yardrope

yardrope 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 yardrope

pluralyardropes

Questions about yardrope

What is yardrope the alternative form of?
Yardrope is the alternative form of yard-rope.

Words near yardrope in the dictionary

  1. yardmen
  2. yardpeople
  3. yardperson
  4. yardpersons
  5. yardroom
  6. yardrope
  7. yardropes
  8. yards
  9. yards of ale
  10. yards of clay
  11. yards of land

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