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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the iron rods extending from a band on the lower mast to the futtock plate, used to brace the base of the topmast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical Any of a set of
ropes ,wires orchains thatbrace thefuttock plate from a band on the lowermast
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun shroud that is part of a ship's rigging
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