That part of a rope-truss into which the truss-tackle blocks are seized.
·noun A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass. II. Truss ·noun To bind or pack close; to make int...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The trusses or parrels of the lower yards serve to bind them to their masts and are bowsed taut when...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A <<Pendulum>>. II. Pendant ·noun The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. II...
A strop or short piece of rope fixed on each side, under the shrouds, upon the heads of the main and...
·- A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss. ...
Synonymous with clasp-hoops for masts or spars; they are open iron hoops, so made that their ends, b...
That part of a rope-truss which goes round the yard. ...
The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing. ...
A gun-tackle purchase applied to the ends of the truss-pendants, to bowse them taut home to the mast...
In fleets and squadrons, instead of hoisting several flags to denote the number of the ship on the l...
A rope, the thimble of which is hooked to the quarter-tackle of the main-yard; it is led through a h...
A rope going through a cringle in the after-leech of a boom main-sail, and through a check sheave-ho...
To brail up a sail suddenly; to toss up a bunt. ...
A rope attached to the extremity of a studding-sail boom, and leading down on deck; it is used to co...
See up and clear the pendant. ...
Commissioning a ship. ...
A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...
The pendant used with the above. The top-mast is swayed up by a top-rope or hawser. The pendant, whi...
A strong rope made fast to the lower mast-head, and forming the support of the winding-tackle. ...