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Block
verb · 78% connection
A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Buckboard
noun · 78% connection
A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transver…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
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: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Bushwhacking
noun · 78% connection
Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Corf
noun · 78% connection
A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Crab
adjective · 78% connection
A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Downhaul
noun · 78% connection
A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Earing
noun · 78% connection
A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
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: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Gear
noun · 78% connection
A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Harness
noun · 78% connection
The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Haul
verb · 78% connection
To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Haulage
noun · 78% connection
Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Hogframe
noun · 78% connection
A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Hound
noun · 78% connection
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Hull
verb · 78% connection
The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Leghorn
noun · 78% connection
A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.
Litter
noun · 78% connection
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: frame, mounted, running, gear, wagon.