Ropes or timbers running horizontally across shrouds as a ladder.
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CORDAGE
Ropes in the rigging of a ship
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FRAP
To draw a sail tight with ropes or cables
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KNOW THE ROPES
Said about a sailor who is familiar with the miles of cordage and ropes involved in running a ship.
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HALYARD
Originally, ropes used for hoisting a spar with a sail attached; today, a line used to raise the head of any sail.
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CHAFING PLATE
Bent plate for minimizing chafing of ropes
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CHOCK
A heavy smooth-surfaced fitting usually located near the edge of the weather deck through which wire ropes or fiber hawsers may be led, usually to piers
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MOORING
Securing a ship at a dock or elsewhere by ropes or cables
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HATCHRAILS
Ropes supported by stanchions around an open hatch to prevent persons from falling into a hold
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MOOR
To secure a vessel in a particular place by means of chains or ropes made fast to the shore, to anchors, or to anchored mooring buoys, or to ride with both anchors down
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BEND
1. A knot used to join two ropes or lines.
2. To attach a rope to an object.
3. Fastening a sail to a yard
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