deadeye
noun
either of a pair of disks of hardwood having holes through which a lanyard is rove: used to tighten shrouds and stays.
deadeyes
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pluralof deadeye.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Coach Ranko Zeravica threw down the gauntlet after his Yugoslav deadeyes trounced Italy, 86-77, for the gold medal.
From Time Magazine Archive
It consists of a small line reeved back and forth through the holes in the "deadeyes," A; the ends are then seized to the standing rigging to prevent slipping.
From Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill
He reached up and seized a notch beneath a gunport, pulling the longboat under the deadeyes that supported the mainmast shrouds.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
Below, Lee Goom and Toyama were lowering skylight covers and screwing up deadeyes.
From The Night-Born by Jack London
Make fast your painter round one of her deadeyes, and then follow me aboard.”
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by W. Herbert Holloway
