yard rope

English

Noun

yard rope (plural yard ropes)

1. Alternative form of yard-rope
   • 1863, Richard Henry Dana Jr, Captain Brown, Dana's Seaman's friend, page 24:

     If the halyards are not single, the yard must be sent down by a yard rope, like the topgallant yard. In some vessels, instead of making the sheets and clewlines fast to the jack, over-hand knots are taken in their ends, and they are let go.

   • 1868, George Strong Nares, Seamanship, page 108:

     When "high enough" for rigging, the grummet which confines the yard rope to the yard is taken off the upper yard-arm, and the yard-arms rigged (Fig. 257).

   • 1964, Frank V. Snyder, Life Under Sail:

     They were altogether too heavy to be trusted to a single gantline, or yard rope, so it was necessary to get a couple of heavy twin blocks up to the masthead and rig a double purchase for lowering them.