reef earing

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• reef earing — noun see earing …   Useful english dictionary

• Earing — Ear ing, n. (Naut.) (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called {head earing}. (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; also called reef earing. (c) A line fastening the corners of an awning… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• earing — [ir′iŋ] n. [< EAR1, sense 5] a small rope passed through a cringle and used to attach the corner of a sail to a yard, gaff, or boom or to reef a sail …   English World dictionary

• head earing — Earing Ear ing, n. (Naut.) (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called {head earing}. (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; also called reef earing. (c) A line fastening the corners of an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• earing — noun Etymology: perhaps from 1ear Date: 1626 a line used to fasten a corner of a sail to the yard or gaff or to haul a reef cringle to the yard …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ШТЫК-БОЛТ — (Earing, reef earing) тонкая снасть, прикрепляемая затяжной петлей к кренгельсу паруса. Ш. Б. подтягивают боковые шкаторины парусов, когда у них берут рифы. Самойлов К. И. Морской словарь. М. Л.: Государственное Военно морское Издательство НКВМФ… …   Морской словарь

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• sail — Synonyms and related words: aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, balloon sail, batten, be airborne, be effortless, be painless, boat, boltrope, breeze, canoe, canvas, carry sail, circumnavigate, clew, cloth, coast, course, cringle, cross,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• canvas — Synonyms and related words: agora, air brush, amphitheater, aquarelle, arena, art paper, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, big top, boltrope, bowl, boxing ring, brush, bull ring, camera lucida, camera obscura, campus, chalk,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• cloth — Synonyms and related words: act drop, asbestos, asbestos board, backdrop, batten, boltrope, border, canonicals, canvas, ceremonial attire, clericals, clew, coulisse, counterweight, cringle, crowd of sail, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, decor …   Moby Thesaurus

• cringle — Synonyms and related words: air hole, armhole, blowhole, boltrope, bullet hole, bunghole, canvas, clew, cloth, crowd of sail, deadeye, earing, eye, eyelet, foot, fore and aft sail, gasket, grommet, guide, head, keyhole, knothole, leech, loop,… …   Moby Thesaurus