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Bend, to
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
To fasten one rope to another, or to an anchor. the term is also applied to any sudden or remarkable change in the direction of a river, and is then synonymous with bight or loop.—bend a sail is to extend or make it fast to its proper yard or stay. (see granny`s bend.) also, bend to your oars, throw them well forward.
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Remarkable, английский
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Bending ropes, английский
Is to join them together with a bowline knot, and then make their own ends fast upon themselves; not so secure as splicing, but sooner done, and readiest, when it is designed to take them asunder again. there are several bends, as carrick-bend, hawser-bend, sheet-bend, bowline-bend, &c.
Benches of boats, английский
The seats in the after-part whereon the passengers sit; properly stern-sheets, the others are athwarts, whereon the rowers sit.
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