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raband
† ˈraband Sc. Obs. Also rai-. [f. ra1 + band: cf. Da. and Sw. råband, Du. raband (Kilian raeband), G. rah-, raaband, and ON. rábenda to bend a sail.] A roband or robbin.1513 Douglas æneis iii. iv. 110 Do lows the rabandis, and lat doun the sail. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 40 Cut the raibandis, and lat th...
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roband
roband Naut. (ˈrəʊbænd) Also 8–9 roban. [Later var. of robin robbin, app. more directly representing one or other of the forms cited under raband. Sometimes improved into rope-band.] A piece of small rope passed through an eyelet-hole in the head of a sail and used to secure it to the yard above.176...
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robbin
ˈrobbin Naut. Now rare or Obs. Forms: 5 robyn, 7–8 robin, 7–9 robbin, 9 -en. [Var. of roband; the form suggests that the immediate source may have been French, but mod.F. raban appears to be a later adoption of Du. raband.] = roband.1497 Naval Accs. Hen. VII (1896) 321, iiij Smale lynes for lachetes...
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