breastfast

English

Etymology

breast +‎ fast

Noun

breastfast (plural breastfasts)

(nautical, archaic) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf or to another vessel.

References

“breastfast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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