Definitions
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- noun The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast.
- noun A rope used for binding masts and spars.
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- noun nautical The act of
winding orwrapping anything with arope . - noun nautical A
rope used forbinding masts andspars .
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Examples
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Morgan's men tortured the inhabitants, according to their custom, either by "woolding" them or by placing burning matches between their toes.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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At the end of three weeks of "woolding" and rummaging, Admiral Morgan began to prepare for the journey home.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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"woolding," by which the eyes were forced from their sockets under the pressure of a twisted cord.
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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The bow is completed by a woolding round the middle, and a wedge or two, here and there, driven in to tighten it.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822
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As fishermen or seamen, they can put on a woolding or seizing with sufficient strength and security, and are acquainted with some of the most simple and serviceable knots in use among us.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 William Edward Parry 1822
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As fishermen or seamen, they can put on a woolding or seizing with sufficient strength and security, and are acquainted with some of the most simple and serviceable knots in use among us.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822
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The bow is completed by a woolding round the middle and a wedge or two, here and there, driven in to tighten it.
Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage William Edward Parry 1822
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They separate it into small locks, which they woold or cue round with the rind of a slender plant, down to about an inch of the ends; and, as the hair grows, the woolding is continued.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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a leg, sometimes tying a cord about his head and with a stick twisting it till the eyes shot out, which is called 'woolding.'
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Clarence Henry Haring 1922
chained_bear commented on the word woolding
"...the foretopmast gave a great rending creak and a lengthwise fissure appeared in its upper third. In such an eager chase they could not possibly lie to long enough to send up a spare, so they fished it at once with capstan-bars, wringing them tight against the wound with turn after turn of woolding; but a mast so badly sprung could not bear a great press of sail, and their advantage was gone."
—Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, p. 88
"...In spite of the strong woolding they saw the hideous cleft gape and close on the heavier rolls..."
—ditto, p. 92
February 7, 2008