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.GLOSSARY

bend.to:totietworopestogetherbytheirends.

bight:thelooporslackpartformedwhena ropeisdoubledbackuponitself.

bitts:woodenuprights,usuallyin pairs.onthedeckofa ship,usedtosecure

largeropes orhawsers.

block:insailing,thisreferstoa pulleywithoneormoresheavesina single

frame.

ballard:a post,usuallyroundandmadeofmetal.onthedeckofa shipora

wart,usedfortyingupormooring.

capsize.to:saidofa knotwhenitchangesshapeordeformsunderstressso

thatitloosensorslips.

clear.to:tofreeriggingfromanyobstacles;toloosentanglesin a rope.

cleat:ametalorwoodenobjectwithtwohornsaroundwhichropeis

belayed.

clockwise:thedirectionofrotationofthehandsofa clock.

closehauled:thetrimofthesailwhensailingasclosetothewindas

practical.

cordage:ropein general;in sailing,it includeswirerope.

core:theheartorinnerpartofa ropeorsinnet.

counterclockwise:thedirectionoppositetotherotationofthehandsofa

clock.

downhaul: aropeortackleusedforhaulingdowna sail.

earings:smallropesinthecornersofsailsusedforreefing.

easeoff,to:toslackenorletouta rope.

end:asopposedtothestandingpart,thepartoftheropewithwhichtheknot

istied.

eyeofarope:aloopformedattheendofa ropebysplicingorseizing.

fairleader:a wooden,plastic,ormetalpiecewithholes,usedtodirect

runningrigging;itislashedintotheship'srigging.

fall:thepartofa tacklewhichpassesthroughtheblocksandtowhichthe

strainisapplied.

fender:a cushionofelasticmaterialtoprotectthesidesofa boatfrom

knocks.Grommetringsmaybeusedasfenders.

fid:a conicalwoodentoolusedtoworkorundoknotsandlines.

flake:a turnorturnsina coilofrope.

footrope:a ropefixedbeneaththeyardsofsailingships,supportedby

bracketsandusedbysailorswhenmaneuveringthesails.

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