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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A block that can be opened on one side to receive the looped part of a rope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Naut.) a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nautical A kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a pulley-block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope

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