breast line

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.

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Example Sentences

I'm getting that impression based on this ominous line: "it is necessary to keep the trajectory low so the projectile spread will not engage the subject above the breast line."

From The Verge

Male and Female—Lemon-yellow on throat, upper breast; line around the eye and forehead.

From Project Gutenberg

As he stood for a moment irresolute, another gruff voice sang out to him to cast off the breast line and get aboard in a hurry if he didn't want to get left.

From Project Gutenberg

Alaric had no more idea than the man in the moon of what a breast line was; but he knew what to cast off a line meant, and, making a blind guess, fortunately did the right thing.

From Project Gutenberg

So they arrived in silence at the wharf, and neither raised his head to notice their whereabouts until Little tumbled over the Barang's breast line.

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