"yard rope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: yard ropes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yard rope (plural yard ropes)
  1. Alternative form of yard-rope Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yard-rope
    Sense id: en-yard_rope-en-noun-dDrjm6Bi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let go.",
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          "ref": "1868, George Strong Nares, Seamanship, page 108",
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          "ref": "1964, Frank V. Snyder, Life Under Sail",
          "text": "They were altogether too heavy to be trusted to a single gantline, or yard rope, so it was necessary to get a couple of heavy twin blocks up to the masthead and rig a double purchase for lowering them.",
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