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noun Nautical.
1.
a short length of rope for securing spars, coils of rope, etc., having an eye at one end and a thick knot or a toggle at the other, which is passed through the eye.
2.
a grommet of rope, as one used as a handle or oarlock.
3.
a grommet or eye on a block to which the standing end of a fall can be secured.
4.
a wooden cleat or hook secured to the shrouds of a sailing vessel to hold tacks and sheets not in use.
Origin:
1760–70; origin uncertain
1760–70; origin uncertain
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Becket
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