ˈrope-band
etymologizing form of roband.
| 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Rope-bands,..pronounced roebins, certain pieces of small rope, or braided cordage, used to tie the upper edges of the great sails to their respective yards. 1792 Falconer's Shipwr. ii. 324 note, They are passed..between the rope-band legs. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict., Rope-Bands, or Robands, small pieces of two yarn foxes plaited, or of sennit or spun-yarn, sometimes used to confine the head of a sail to its yard or gaff. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-Bk. 579. |