L
To LABOUR to LAND-FALL
LAND-LOCKED to LASHING
LATEEN-SAIL to LEE-SIDE
LEEWARD-SHIP to LIE ALONG
LIE TO to LIMBER-BOARDS
LIMBER-ROPE to LOG-BOOK
LIMBER-ROPE
LINE
LINTSTOCK
LOADING
Shot-LOCKER
LOG
LOG-BOARD
LOG-BOOK
LONG-BOAT to LUFF
LUFF-TACKLE to LYING-TO in a storm
Search
Contact us
LIMBER-ROPE
LIMBER-ROPE, a long rope, frequently retained in the limber-holes of a ship, and communicating from one to another, in order to clear them by pulling the rope backwards and forwards, so as to losen the sand or dirt by which they may occasionally be choaked.
 |
Reference Works |  |
© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 177, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0815.html