back-rope

Breast backstays hauled taught, and tackle got upon the martingale back-rope.

Chapter XXXV. A Double Reef-Top-Sail Breeze-Scurvy-A Friend in Need-Preparing for Port-The Gulf Stream 1909

But he didn't bite me; he simply squeezed me in both arms, and in that effort lost his hold on the back-rope and fell, taking me with him.

The Grain Ship Morgan Robertson 1888

Breast backstays hauled taught, and tackle got upon the martingale back-rope.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

Breast backstays hauled taught, and tackle got upon the martingale back-rope.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848

Breast back-stays hauled taut, and a tackle got upon the martingale back-rope.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848