Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a line fastening two backstays together.
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This year, in a series of escalating initiatives, environmentalists in the area have chained themselves to rock trucks, obstructed coal roads, and climbed up a huge crane-line mining machine to halt its work.
Mark Engler: Climate Disobedience: Is a New "Seattle" in the Making? 2009
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