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(or sheet bend) (ou noeud d'coute) (vuelta de escota) webbing, see netting wing aile alsa, bandas, pernadas
Chapter 5 1983
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(of net) (de filet) (de red) seine senna red de cerco selner sonneur cerquero selvedge bordure renforce enchace, borde, costura semi-pelagic trawl chalut semi-plagique arte de arrastre semipelgico et gillnet filet maillant cal red de enmalle fija setnet filet cal red fija hackle manille grillete shear-chain chaine d'cartement cadena de refuerzo sheet bend, or weaver knot noeud d'coute ou de tisserand vuelta de escota, nudo de tejedor shoe plate lement de semelle zapata
Chapter 5 1983
chained_bear commented on the word escota
"'...the Abbot assured me that one had but to pull a given rope, the escota, towards the back to make it go faster: but this was not the case. Though possibly I may have pulled the wrong rope.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 223
(sheet, as in sailcloth)
March 16, 2008