shrouds

• “On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the foreboom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.”

  THE HEATHEN

• “On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.”

  South Sea Tales: The Heathen(DL SunSITE)

• “She was standing a dozen feet away, one hand resting on the main shrouds and her body swaying gently to the slight roll of the ship.”

  Chapter 24

• “At this point we were wont to summon courage and rush out, with the kitchen poker and a candle shapeless with tallow shrouds from the strong draughts.”

  Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls

• “On SunRail trains, they will sit about 3 feet above the rails in insulated boxes called shrouds that push the sound forward and diminish noise to the sides.”

  SplicedFeed

• “We had one here, that's either 49 or 409, maybe 409, time kind of shrouds my mind.”

  Oral History Interview with John Russell, July 19, 1975. Interview E-0014-3. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

• “Besides stays and backstays, the masts have "shrouds" to strengthen them.”

  Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891

• “Howbeit I had soon unravelled some fifty yards of good stout twine, and abundance of more yet to hand together with the heavier ropes such as shrouds and back-stays.”

  Black Bartlemy's Treasure

• “He will practise him a good deal upon the "shrouds," so as to accustom his feet and fingers to the "ratlines" and other ropes, and will even permit him to pass a number of times through the "lubber's hole," instead of forcing him to climb back downwards by the "futtock shrouds.”

  Ran Away to Sea

• “The instructions are pretty clear, though she does make some assumptions about how well her audience knows terminology when talking about "shrouds," "cotter keys," and "steeply-vaulted ceiling," none of which is defined.”

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