Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fair-leader.
  • noun A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

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  • noun nautical A fairleader.
  • noun nautical A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Etymologies

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English dialect wap to wrap up.

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Examples

  • Without further ado, the band struck up and began playing the "the stripper" and these two PSI's began shoo wap shoo wapp-ing along.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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