JACK ROPE


Meaning of JACK ROPE in English

Naut.

1. a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.

2. a line that is rove through grommets on the reef band of a square sail, and to which lanyards from the jackstay on the yard are toggled to reef the sail.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .