yard rope

English

Noun

yard rope (plural yard ropes)

  1. Alternative form of yard-rope
    • 1863, Richard Henry Dana Jr, Captain Brown, Dana's Seaman's friend, page 24:
      If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let go.
    • 1868, George Strong Nares, Seamanship, page 108:
      When "high enough" for rigging, the grummet which confines the yard rope to the yard is taken off the upper yard-arm, and the yard-arms rigged (Fig. 257).
    • 1964, Frank V. Snyder, Life Under Sail:
      They were altogether too heavy to be trusted to a single gantline, or yard rope, so it was necessary to get a couple of heavy twin blocks up to the masthead and rig a double purchase for lowering them.
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