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Becket

A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Annular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

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Aspect noun · 78% connection

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation t…

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Bight verb · 78% connection

The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

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Bowline noun · 78% connection

A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used…

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Cap noun · 78% connection

A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred…

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Cascabel noun · 78% connection

The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it…

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Cleat noun · 78% connection

A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be…

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Collet noun · 78% connection

A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, grommet, ring, loop, rope.
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Console noun · 78% connection

Any small bracket; also, a console table.

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Cordage noun · 78% connection

Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.

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Crane noun · 78% connection

A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2.

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Cringle noun · 78% connection

An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles…

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Crotchet noun · 78% connection

A bracket. See Bracket.

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Eye noun · 78% connection

A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie…

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Eye-splice noun · 78% connection

A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

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Eyelet noun · 78% connection

A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line…

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Fang verb · 78% connection

A bend or loop of a rope.

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Fly verb · 78% connection

The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

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