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RACKING
RACKING, the fastening two opposite parts of a tackle together, so as that any weighty body suspended thereby shall not fall down, although the rope, which forms the tackle, should be loosened by accident or neglect.This expedient is chiefly practised when the boats are hung up to the ship's hide, during the night time, in an open road or bay, lest the rope of the tackle should be untied by the inattention of some of the crew; by which accident the boat might be considerably damaged, and probably lost, or dashed in pieces.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 229, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1027.html