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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.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Becket
noun · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Breastband
noun · 78% connection
A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Bull's-eye
noun · 78% connection
A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Burton
noun · 78% connection
A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
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: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Controller
noun · 78% connection
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
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: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Crosshead
noun · 78% connection
A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Curb
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Fish-tackle
noun · 78% connection
A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Gimbals
noun · 78% connection
A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Graft
noun · 78% connection
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
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: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
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: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Hank
noun · 78% connection
A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
Hayrack
noun · 78% connection
A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: block, ring, serving, guide, running.
