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H HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH to HANKS HAGS TEETH or HAKES TRETH HAILING HALIARDS HAMMOC HANDING the sails HAND-OVER-HAND! HANSPEC Gunners HANDSPEC HANK FOR HANK HANKS HARBOUR to HAWSE HAWSE-HOLES to HEAD-ROPE HEAD-SAILS to HEAVING-out HEAVING-short to HIGH AND DRY HIGH WATER to Fore-HOLD HOLD to HORSE HOUNDS to HURRICANE Search Contact us |
HANKSHANKS, (daillots, Fr.) certain wooden rings fixed upon the stays of a ship, whereby to confine the stay sails thereto at different heighths. They are used in the place of grommets, being a later invention and much more convenient; because, being framed by the bending of a tough piece of wood into the form of a wreath, and fastened at the two ends by means of notches, they retain their circular figure and elasticity; whereas the grommets, which are formed of rope, are apt to relax in warm weather and adhere to the stays, so as to prevent the sails from being readily hoisted or lowered.
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