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girtline

American  
[gurt-lahyn] / ˈgɜrtˌlaɪn /

noun

Nautical.

  1. gantline.

Etymology

Origin of girtline

First recorded in 1760–70; girt 1 + line 1

Example Sentences

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We sprang aloft into the top; lowered a girtline down, by which we hauled up the rigging; rove the tacks and halyards; ran out the boom and lashed it fast, and sent down the lower halyards as a preventer.

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