girtline

[gurt-lahyn]

noun

Nautical.

1. gantline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of girtline¹

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

Example Sentences

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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