ground-tackle

As soon as we had dropt anchor in the road, before we had well moored our ship with ground-tackle, four persons in different garbs rowed towards us in a skiff.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

As soon as we had dropt anchor in the road, before we had well moored our ship with ground-tackle, four persons in different garbs rowed towards us in a skiff.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

It blew a howling gale that night, but the place was safe enough, with good ground-tackle.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

The chain then ran over the windlass, and, before anything could be done, the pointer to which the end of the chain was attached had been torn from the bolts, and our best ground-tackle was lost overboard.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

To these inquiries they replied that the vessel being light, and having but little hold of the water, no top-rigging, with excellent ground-tackle, and everything being fresh and new, they felt perfect confidence in their situation.

Records of a Family of Engineers 1912

This was not, by any means, a pleasant prospect, for, of all the work that a sailor is called upon to do in cold weather, there is none so bad as working the ground-tackle.

Chapter XXXI. Bad Prospects-First Touch of Cape Horn-Icebergs-Temperance Ships-Lying-Up-Ice-Difficulty on Board-Change of Course-Straits of Magellan 1909

And for want of ground-tackle good prizes were lost.

Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt Henry John Newbolt 1900

Carrie Pitman had an unsavory reputation for breaking her ground-tackle.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

After they had buoyed the cable -- all around the Virgin is rocky bottom, and carelessness means chafed ground-tackle and danger from drifting -- after they had buoyed the cable, their dories went forth to join the mob of boats anchored about a mile away.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900

And for want of ground-tackle good prizes were lost.

Poems: New and Old Henry John Newbolt 1900