CABLE

A heavy rope or chain for mooring a ship

cable rope chain mooring ship heavy

Related Terms

NONSTRANDED ROPE

A wire rope with the wires in concentric sheaths instead of in strands, and in opposite directions in the different sheaths, giving the rope nonspinning properties. Also known as nonspinning rope.

nonstranded_rope concentric rope wire

MONOCABLE

[MECHENG] An aerial rope way that uses one rope to both support and haul a load.

monocable support haul way rope aerial

MECHANICAL SPLICE

A splice made to terminate wire rope by pressing one or more metal sleeves over the rope junction.

mechanical_splice rope splice wire metal

The distance measured along a line parallel to the axis of the rope in which the strand makes one complete turn about the axis of the rope, or the wires make a complete turn about the axis of the strand.

length_of_lay parallel turn axis line rope distance strand

LEFT-LAID

The lay of a wire or fiber rope or cable in which the individual wires or fibers in the strands are twisted to the right and the left-laid leg strands to the left. Also known as left-handed;

left-laid left-laid lay leg cable right rope wire fiber

LANG LAY

A wire rope lay in which the wires of each strand are twisted in the same direction as the strands.

lang_lay direction lay rope_lay rope strand wire

INDEPENDENT WIRE-ROPE CORE

A core of steel in a wire rope made in accordance with the best practice and design, either bright (uncoated) galvanized or drawn galvanized wire.

independent_wire-rope_core core rope wire best_practice

BOLTROPE

A strong rope stitched to edges of a sail

boltrope sail rope

CORDAGE

Ropes in the rigging of a ship

cordage rope rigging ship ropes

BELAY

To secure a rope by winding on a pin or cleat

belay rope pin cleat winding secure