Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a rope attached to the jaw of a gaff to prevent it from coming off the mast.
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Examples
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Had the axe not been fortunately at the capstan, I should not have been able to cut the jaw-rope, Swinburne would not have had time, and the main-boom would have gone down with the schooner.
Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1820
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I saw what he was about; I seized another, and disengaged the jaw-rope and small gear about the mast.
Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1820
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I saw what he was about; I seized another, and disengaged the jaw-rope and small gear about the mast.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Frederick Marryat 1820
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Had the axe not been fortunately at the capstern, I should not have been able to cut the jaw-rope, Swinburne would not have had time, and the main-boom would have gone down with the schooner.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Frederick Marryat 1820
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