gantline

American  

[gant-lahyn] / ˈgæntˌlaɪn /

noun

Nautical.

1. a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.

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gantline British  

/ -lɪn, ˈɡæntˌlaɪn /

noun

1. nautical a line rove through a sheave for hoisting men or gear

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Etymology

Origin of gantline

First recorded in 1830–40; variant of girtline

Example Sentences

Preston and the Wireless Officer had rigged up a canvas shelter amidships, spreading the covering ridge-wise on a gantline stretched between the mainmast and the for'ard end of the hatch.

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When the sitting was over, Polson told me that the very first proposal submitted by the president was that the ship’s sails should all be unbent and taken ashore to form tents for the people to live in; and that, next, the ship should be stripped to a gantline, and her spars and rigging—together with as much of her bulwarks as might be required—worked up into a raft for the conveyance of cargo to the shore.

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Williams’ plans comprised no less than the entire stripping of the ship down to a gantline; the thorough overhauling of her hull, inside and out, including cleaning and scrubbing; and a number of petty alterations in her rigging, which he thought would have the effect of disguising the vessel.

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I found her already stripped to a gantline though, preparatory to a long stay in port.

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I wish you and the carpenter would try to get a gantline over the side and look along under her for the butt.

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