Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rope fastened to the leech of a square sail, by which the sail is hauled close up to the yard. Also
leach-line .
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Examples
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When the last leech-line was made fast, my eyes, accustomed to the darkness, made out the shapes of exhausted men drooping over the rails, collapsed on hatches.
The Shadow Line 1917
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When the last leech-line was made fast, my eyes, accustomed to the darkness, made out the shapes of exhausted men drooping over the rails, collapsed on hatches.
The Shadow Line; a confession Joseph Conrad 1890
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