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gant⋅line

  [gant-lahyn]
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–noun Nautical.
a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
Also called girtline.

Origin:
1830–40; var. of girtline
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gant·line   (gānt'līn', -lĭn)   
n.   Nautical
A rope passed through an overhead pulley, as at the top of a mast, that is used for hoisting.

[Perhaps alteration of girtline, gantline : girt (variant of girth) + line1.]
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