Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of the bolt-rope of a sail which is sewed to the leeches.
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Examples
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The mainmast was again in danger, from the Cleopatra's larboard maintopmast-studding-sail boom-iron hooking in the larboard leech-rope of the main-topsail, and dragging the sail.
The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Osler, Edward, 1798-1863 1854
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Captain Pellew ordered some active seaman to go out upon the yard, and free the sail, promising ten guineas, if he succeeded; and a main-top-man, named Burgess, immediately sprang out, and cut the leech-rope.
The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Osler, Edward, 1798-1863 1854
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