51Թ

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girtline

[ gurt-lahyn ]

noun

Nautical.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of girtline1

First recorded in 1760–70; girt 1 + line 1
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Example Sentences

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We sprang aloft into the top; lowered a girtline down, by which we hauled up the rigging; rove the tacks and halyards; ran out the boom and lashed it fast, and sent down the lower halyards as a preventer.

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