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DECKS to DEPTH of a sail
DETACHMENT of a fleet or squadro to DOCK-YARDS
DOG to DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE
DOG
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DOLPHIN of the mast
DOUBLE-BANKED
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DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE
DOWN-HAUL-TACKLE, a complication of pullies employed to pull down the main or fore-yard in a tempest, in order to reef the sail. It is used at this time, because the violence of the wind prevents the weight of the yard from having it's natural effect, of descending, when the ropes by which it is suspended are slackened.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 102, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0446.html