The yoke-lines for steering a boat.
·noun Suggestion; hint; example. II. Leading ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Lead>>. III. Leading ·p.pr. & ·v...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin. ...
·add. ·- ·same·as Advancing edge, above. ...
The several blocks used for guiding the direction of any purchase, as hook, snatch, or tail blocks. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Those objects which, kept in line or in transit, guide the pilot while working into port, as trees, ...
The rope of a tackle which runs between the fall and the standing part. Generally confused with the ...
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...