ˈyard-rope Naut.
[f. yard n.2 + rope n.1]
† a. (pl.) The permanent rigging of a yard.
| 1336–7 Acc. Exch. K.R. 19/31 m. 4 (P.R.O.) In viij. petris cord' de canabo..pro duobus yerderopes inde faciendis. 1356 in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III, m. 34/2, xlvij. trusseropes, xxv. ȝerderopes, xiiij. Wyndyngropes, ij. Cranelynes. 1420 in For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI, I, De..ij Tripgetropes ij. Trusses pro ȝerdrope. 1487 Naval Accts. Hen. VII (1896) 68 Yerd ropes for the top. |
b. (See quot. 1867.)
| 1850 J. S. Carden Curtail'd Mem. iii. (1912) 89 The intended Victim was on the Forecastle, the Yard Rope from the Fore Yard rove round his neck, The Yard Rope Man'd. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Yard-rope,..that by which a yard is hoisted for crossing, or sent down. Also, rove for execution. |