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Bellyband
noun · 78% connection
A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
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.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Breast
noun · 78% connection
Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Bridle
noun · 78% connection
A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Broken wind
unknown · 78% connection
The heaves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Canvas
noun · 78% connection
Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Canvass
noun · 78% connection
the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Collar
noun · 78% connection
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Copper-fastened
adjective · 78% connection
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
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.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Drabbler
noun · 78% connection
A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
End
verb · 78% connection
To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Fair-leader
noun · 78% connection
A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Fast
noun · 78% connection
That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Hammock
noun · 78% connection
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
Heave
noun · 78% connection
an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: band, breast, specifically, naut, canvas.
