Definitions

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

  • noun A mooring rope or chain that secures the bow of a ship to a wharf.

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

  • noun a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf

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Examples

  • _ In nautical Spanish _prois_ or _proiza_ is a breastfast or headfast, that is a large cable for fastening a ship to a wharf or another ship.

    The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884

  • In this lay the danger of making fast, for a strong pull from a headfast rope might drag the erection completely over.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • In this lay the danger of making fast, for a strong pull from a headfast rope might drag the erection completely over.

    The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884

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