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FALL ROPE [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

Loose end of the tackle, to which the power is applied in hoisting.

CONT

When a tackle is in use, one end of the fall (rope) is made fast and called the standing end; the other is hauled upon and called the running end ... [or] the fall. Where a tackle is applied to a halyard ..., that part of the rope ... hauled upon [is called] the fall. (A Dictionary of Sea Terms, 1985, p. 298).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Extrémité du filin d'un palan sur lequel on tire. (Albatros, Encyclopédie de la mer, 1978, p. 257).

CONT

L'une des extrémités du cordage est fixée au ringot de l'une des deux poulies, on l'appelle dormant; l'autre extrémité, le garant est libre [...] c'est lui qui supporte l'effort exercé sur le palan.

Spanish

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