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Webster 1828 Edition

Bolt-rope

BOLT-ROPE

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Noun.
[bolt and rope.] A rope to which the edges of sails are sewed to strengthen them. That part of it on the perpendicular side is called the leech-rope; that at the bottom, the foot-rope; that at the top, the head-rope.

Definition 2024

bolt-rope

bolt-rope

See also: boltrope and bolt rope

English

Noun

bolt-rope ‎(plural bolt-ropes)

  1. Alternative spelling of bolt rope

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