ropeband

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English

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Etymology

From rope +‎ band.

Noun

ropeband (plural ropebands)

  1. (nautical) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
    • 1904, Jules-Descartes Férat (translator), Jules Verne (original), Floating City, Chapter 4:
      A catch had broken, and the capstan being forced round by the frightful pressure of the chains, the men, caught by the rebound, were struck violently on the head and chest. Freed from their broken rope-bands, the capstan-bars flew in all directions like grape-shot, killing four sailors, and wounding twelve others

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ropeband”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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