Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Small lines sewed in loops to the bottom of a sail to secure a bonnet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) latching.
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- noun nautical
latching
Etymologies
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Compare lash, latching.
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chained_bear commented on the word lasket
"Laskets, are small lines like hoops, sewed to the bonnets and drablers of a ship, to lash or lace the bonnets to the courses, or the drablers to the bonnets."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 214
October 12, 2008