small+rope
51Painter (rope) — A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up or for towing.Example usage from Alexander McCall Smith s Love Over Scotland , published in 2006 by Polygon in Edinburgh:Henry held Domenica s hand as she stepped… …
52phal|a|rope — «FAL uh rohp», noun. any one of three species of small swimming and wading birds that breed in the Northern Hemisphere, resembling the sandpipers but with lobate toes. The females are larger and more brightly colored than the males, which brood… …
53ratline — small rope forming a rung of a rope ladder on a ship Nautical Terms …
54spun yarn — noun (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together • Topics: ↑seafaring, ↑navigation, ↑sailing • Hypernyms: ↑small stuff * * * noun 1 …
55Crane (machine) — A modern crawler type derrick crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a jib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower material …
56Fiador knot — Knot details name=Fiador knot names= Theodore knot caption= type= loop type2= strength= origin= related= Bottle sling releasing= uses= rope halters, hackamores, and hobbles caveat= abok number= #1110The fiador knot (also Theodore knot) is a… …
57guy — (g[imac]), n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See {Guide}, and cf. {Gye}.] A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady …
58funicular — fu|nic|u|lar [fjuˈnıkjulə US ər] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: funiculus small rope , from funis rope ] a small railway that carries people up and down a steep hill or mountain, pulled by a thick metal rope …
59percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
60mous|ing — «MOW zihng», noun. 1. several turns of small rope or cord, uniting the shank and point of a hook, to keep a rope or an object from slipping off. 2. a knot formed on rope with yarn, rope, or cord; mouse …
