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LEECH-ROPE
LEECH-ROPE, (ralingue, Fr.) a name given to that part of the bolt-rope, to which the border, or skirt of a sail is sewed. In all sails, whose opposite leeches are of the same length, it is terminated above by the earing, and below by the clue. See BOLT-ROPE, CLUE, and EARING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 176, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0800.html