In securing the booms at sea the several turns of the lashings are frapped in preparation for the succeeding turns; in emergency, nailed.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Frap>>. II. Frapping ·add. ·noun A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The act of crossing and drawing together the several parts of a tackle, or other complication of rop...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- The turns in a series circuit. ...
See nippering. ...
The outer turns of the earing serve to extend the sail outwards along its yard. The inner turns are ...
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...
Terms applied to the passing of the reef-earings, besides its over and under turns. ...
Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns. ...