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1 main top gallant yard
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2 main top gallant yard
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3 main
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4 грот-брам-рей
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5 Jacob's ladder
1) "лестница Иакова", лестница, ведущая на небо, ввысь [этим. библ. Genesis XXVIII, 12]Senator departs dreaming his own dream of Jacob's Ladder which ascends not to heaven but to the White House. (G. Vidal, ‘Rocking the Boat’, ‘Politics as Sport’) — Сенатор Джейкоб Джевитс, уходя, мечтал о лестнице Иакова, которая вела бы не на небеса, а в Белый дом.
2) мор. скок-ванты; шторм-трапUp I went past the main, lower-topsail, upper-topsail, top-gallant and royal yards, until I finally climbed the swaying "Jacob's Ladder" up to the dizzy skysail yard. (W. Foster, ‘Pages from a Worker's Life’, ch. I) — Я миновал нижний марсель, верхний марсель, брам-стеньгу и бом-брам-реи и, наконец, по качающейся веревочной лестнице добрался до находящейся на головокружительной высоте трюмсель-реи.
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