houseline

English

Etymology

house +‎ line

Noun

houseline (plural houselines)

  1. (nautical) A small line of three strands used for seizing.
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Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for houseline in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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