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WIRES |
Cables |
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PYLON |
Tall structure carrying cables |
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OBSTACLE |
Cables to become a hindrance |
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COIR |
Cordage or cables, made of this material. |
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HAWSE |
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for
the cables. |
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CABURN |
A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables,
seize tackles, etc. |
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MOORING |
That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as
anchors, cables, bridles, etc. |
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ANCHOR |
To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to
anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. |
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DOLPHIN |
A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring
to which ships may fasten their cables. |
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MARLINE |
A small line composed of two strands a little twisted,
used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being
weakened by fretting. |
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TELODYNAMIC |
Relating to a system for transmitting power to a
distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved
pulleys of large diameter. |
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BOATSWAIN |
An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging,
colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons
the crew, and performs other duties. |
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GIRT |
Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two
anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the
current or tide. |
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ORLOP |
The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war,
consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the
cables are coiled. |
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FRAP |
To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and
strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a
tackle by drawing the lines together. |
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FATHOM |
A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to
which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables,
cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings. |
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MOOR |
To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by
casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel
was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf. |
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BITTS |
...ly in
the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship
rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying
(b... |