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Ship's Safety Rope Crossword Clue and Answers List

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LIFELINE Ship’s safety rope
STAY Important rope on a sailing ship
SEAWORTHY Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
BREASTFAST A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.
FORESTAY A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
TIMENOGUY A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
BOBSTAY A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
CORDAGE Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
CLINCH A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
BACKSTAY A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.
BREECHING A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged.
STRAIN To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
OUTRIGGER Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.
BOWLINE A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep ...
TACK A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope emplo...
ANCHOR A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or...
HYPOTHECATION A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its re...
LENGTH The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line whi...
GUY A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope whic...
TETHER Rope
CABLE Rope
LASSO Rope
CLIPPER Ship
VESSEL Ship
LINER Ship
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