SHROUDS

Meaning of SHROUDS in English

a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast.

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SHROUDS — n. burial cloths, sheets used to wrap a body for burial, cerements
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SHROUDS — Саваны
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SHROUDS — Саванны
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SHROUDS — , мн.ч ванты(голл. - want) – снасти стоячего судового такелажа. Изготавливаются из стального или пенькового троса и служат для укрепления …
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SHROUDS — сущ., мн.ч ванты (голл. - want) – снасти стоячего судового такелажа. Изготавливаются из стального или пенькового троса и служат для …
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INTERMEDIATE SHROUDS — intermediate shrouds, snug средние ванты
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RATLINE — noun Etymology: Middle English radelyng Date: 15th century any of the small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds of a …
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LUBBER'S HOLE — noun Date: circa 1784 a hole in a square-rigger's top near the mast through which one may go farther aloft …
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JACK — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Jacke, familiar term of address to a social inferior, nickname for Johan John Date: 1548 …
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DEADEYE — noun Date: 1748 a rounded wood block encircled by a rope or an iron band and having holes to receive …
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CROSSTREES — noun plural Date: 1626 two horizontal crosspieces of timber or metal supported by trestletrees at a masthead that spread the …
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CHANNEL — I. noun see: canal Date: 14th century 1. the bed where a natural stream of water runs, the deeper part …
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VEIL — I. ˈvāl, chiefly before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English veile, from Old North French, …
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TANG — I. ˈtaŋ, -aiŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tang, tange, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tangi …
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SWIFTER — I. ˈswiftə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: swift (IV) + -er 1. : the forward or after shroud of a …
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SHROUD — I. ˈshrau̇d, esp South ˈsrau̇d, dial ˈswau̇d noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scrūd; akin to …
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SHEER POLE — I. noun Etymology: sheer (IV) + pole : shear 1d(2) II. noun Etymology: sheer (VIII) + pole; from its position …
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RIG — I. ˈrig noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ryg, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hregg storm, Faroese …
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RATTLE — I. ˈrad. ə l, -at ə l verb ( rattled ; rattled ; rattling -d. ə liŋ, -t( ə )l- …
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MYSTERY — I. ˈmist(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English misterie, mysterie, from Latin mysterium, from Greek mystērion, from (assumed) …
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MIZZEN — I. noun or miz·en ˈmiz ə n ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English mesein, meson, probably from Middle French misaine, …
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JACK
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HOUSE — I. ˈhau̇s; sing. possessive -au̇sə̇z, -au̇zə̇z noun ( plural hous·es -au̇zə̇z chiefly substand -au̇sə̇z) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English …
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CHANNEL — I. ˈchan ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English chanel, from Old French, from Latin canalis pipe, channel …
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RATLINE — noun also rat·lin or rat·tling ˈratlə̇n ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. or ratline stuff : small, usually 3-stranded, …
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RIG — /rig/ , v. , rigged, rigging , n. v.t. 1. Chiefly Naut. a. to put in proper order for working …
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RIGGING — the sails, masts, booms, yards, stays, and lines of a sailing vessel, or its cordage only. The basis of all …
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SHROUD — ( shrouds, shrouding, shrouded) 1. A shroud is a cloth which is used for wrapping a dead body. N-COUNT 2. …
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SHROUD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be shrouded in fog literary ▪ The streets of London were shrouded in fog. …
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ВАНТЫ — сущ.; мн. ч.; мор. shrouds сущ.; мн. ч.; мор. shrouds
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