lashing

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A rope used to fasten any movable body in a ship, or about her masts, sails, and rigging.

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  • Lashing

    ·noun ·see 2d Lasher. II. Lashing ·noun The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; cha...

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  • heel-lashing

    The rope which secures the inner part of a studding-sail boom to the yard; also, that which secures ...

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  • lashing-eyes

    Fittings for lower stays, block-strops, &c., by loops made in the ends of ropes, for a lashing to be...

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  • rose-lashing

    This lashing is middled, and passed opposite ways; when finished, the ends appear as if coiled round...

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  • sheer-lashing

    Middle the rope, and pass a good turn round both legs at the cross. Then take one end up and the oth...

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