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EYE of a block-strop
EYE of a block-strop. In the article BLOCK it has been mentioned, that a block is commonly bound with a ring, or wreath, formed of a piece of rope, called the strop; the eye of the strop, therefore, is that part by which it is fastened, or suspended, to any particular place upon the sails, yards or rigging, the eye whereof is represented by fig. 37, plate II. The eye is sometimes formed by fastening the two ends of the strop together with a short line, so as to bind round a mast, yard, or boom, as occasion requires. See fig. 38, of the same plate.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 121, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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