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ROPES
ROPES, (cordes, Fr. rap, Sax. reep, Dutch) a general name given to all sorts of cordage, above one inch in circumference, used in the rigging a ship. See CABLE, HAWSER, TOWLINE, and WARP.ROPES are either cable-laid or hawser-laid: the former are composed of nine strands, viz. three great strands, each of which is composed of three smaller strands; and the latter is made with three strands, each of which contains a certain number of rope yarns, in proportion to the size of the rope required.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 247, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1089.html