throat-halliards

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• halliards

  , haulyards The ropes or tackles usually employed to hoist or lower any sail upon its respective y...

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• Throat

  ·noun The inside of a timber knee. II. Throat ·noun That end of a gaff which is next the mast. III...

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• throat

  The widened and hollowed end of a gaff next the mast; opposed to peak, the outer end. Also, the mids...

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• gaff-halliards

  See halliards. ...

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• peak halliards

  The ropes or tackles by which the outer end of a gaff is hoisted, as opposed to the throat-halliards...

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• red-throat

  n. a small brown Australiansinging-bird, with a red throat, Pyrrholaemus brunneus,Gould. ...

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• throat-bolts

  Eye-bolts fixed in the lower part of tops, and the jaw-ends of gaffs, for hooking the throat-halliar...

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• throat-brails

  Those which are attached to the gaff for trussing up the sail close to the gaff as well as the mast....

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• throat-seizing

  In blocks, confines the hook and thimble in the strop home to the scores. Also, in turning in riggin...

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