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SLAB-LINE
SLAB-LINE, (cargue à vue, Fr.) a small cord passing up behind a ship's main-sail or fore-sail, and being reeved through a block, fig. I. plate IX. attached to the lower part of the yard, is thence transmitted in two branches to the foot of the sail, to which it is fastened. It is used to truss up the sail as occaion requires; but more particularly for the conveniency of the pilot or steersman, that they may look forward beneath it, as the ship advances.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 270, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1221.html