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A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
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Rope put to use on a boat.
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A rope or string made of nylon used as a guide to set forms to grade. See grade.
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A rope used aboard a ship.
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A rope used to tie the kayak to a point on the shore.
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The nautical term for any rope.
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What most rope is called on a boat. A particular line generally derives its name from the object it affects; e.g.., leech line.
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A light rope or hawser. Small rope used for a specific purpose.
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A sailor's word for rope that has a purpose.
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rope used on a sailboat
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any rope onboard a boat or ship.
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Any rope smaller than a hawser. Log - Daily record of a ship's speed and progress.
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A piece of rope, either fiber or wire, which is in use or has been cut for a specific purpose, such as lifeline, heaving line or lead line.
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Rope and cordage used aboard a vessel.
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Synonymous term for WIRE ROPE.
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A length of rope or wire rope performing some function in the boat.
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A common name for various cordage
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rope or cordage
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What a rope is called while on a boat. See rope.
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Any rope that is smaller than a hawser
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a cable, rope, string, cord,or wire.
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A rope used for a function on a boat, such as a sheet halyard, cunningham or painter.
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a rope used as part of a ship's rigging. A rope is only a rope when it's just laying there coiled up not doing anything or attached to anything. (See also Sheet, Shroud and Stay.)
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a piece of rope is called line once it leaves the rope reel and is put into use
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A rope. On Dragoneers, can be made of dragon tendon.
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Usually refers to a line of hose; also frequently used as in reference to a rope or lifeline.
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On a boat, most ropes are called lines.
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