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Bast
noun · 78% connection
The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Boatswain
noun · 78% connection
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the cr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Bridle
noun · 78% connection
A mooring hawser.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Cable
noun · 78% connection
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension brid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Cablelaid
adjective · 78% connection
Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Coir
noun · 78% connection
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
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: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Crossbeam
noun · 78% connection
A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Deep-laid
adjective · 78% connection
Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Dolphin
noun · 78% connection
A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Esparto
noun · 78% connection
A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making pape…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Fake
noun · 78% connection
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
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: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Fathom
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Fleet
n. & a. · 78% connection
To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Gomuti
noun · 78% connection
A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga sacch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Guess warp
unknown · 78% connection
A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
Gunny cloth
unknown · 78% connection
A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsula…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hawser, cable-laid, illust, cordage.
