( v. t. )
To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
( v. t. )
To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012