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DAM to DEAD-WORK
DECKS to DEPTH of a sail
DETACHMENT of a fleet or squadro to DOCK-YARDS
DOG to DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE
DOG
DOGGER
DOLPHIN of the mast
DOUBLE-BANKED
DOUBLING
DOUBLING-NAILS
DOUBLING-UPON
DOWN
DOWN-HAUL
DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE
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DOWN-HAUL
DOWN-HAUL, (calebas, Fr.) a rope passing up along a stay through the rings of the stay-sail, and tied to the upper-corner of the sail, to pull it down, when they are shortening sail.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 101, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0445.html