ram-line
[? f. ram n.3]
(See quots.)
| 1664 E. Bushnell Shipwright 14 A line stretched from the middle of the Sterne-Post to the middle of the Stem, called by Ship-wrightes, a Ram-line. 1711 W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 27 A Ram-line made fast on the Stem and Stern-post, and weighed by some Device or other to steddy it. 1794 Rigging & Seamanship I. 8 Ram-line, a long line (thicker than common) used to gain a straight middle-line upon a tree or mast. 1815 Burney Falconer's Mar. Dict., Ram-line, a small rope, or line, sometimes used to form the sheer of a ship, and to set the beams of the deck fair. |