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grab rope

American

noun

Nautical.

a rope supported to afford a hold for a person walking up a gangplank, working aloft, etc.

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grab rope

Near by we found him with his arm twisted round the grab rope of the lifebuoy.

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

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