A rope used to fasten any movable body in a ship, or about her masts, sails, and rigging.
·noun ·see 2d Lasher. II. Lashing ·noun The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; cha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The rope which secures the inner part of a studding-sail boom to the yard; also, that which secures ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Fittings for lower stays, block-strops, &c., by loops made in the ends of ropes, for a lashing to be...
This lashing is middled, and passed opposite ways; when finished, the ends appear as if coiled round...
Middle the rope, and pass a good turn round both legs at the cross. Then take one end up and the oth...