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selvagee - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
selvagee (plural selvagees). (archaic, nautical) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.
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SELVAGEE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a skein of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline (as for stoppers or straps) 2. a number of parallel wires bound together with a fine wire serving.
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SELVAGEE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun nautical rope wound round and used as straps or stoppers on ships. Collins English Dictionary.
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selvagee
selvagee Naut. and Mil. (ˈsɛlvədʒiː) Also 8–9 salvagee, 9 silvagee. [app. f. selvage n. (sense 5).] (See quot. 1867.)1750 T. R. Blanckley Nav. Expos., Salvagees are made with three flat Strands breeded, or by a small Turn put into several Rope Yarns cut into proper Lengths. 1800 J. Mitchell Cursory ...
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selvagee wire rope, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the phrase selvagee wire rope is in the 1840s. OED's only evidence for selvagee wire rope is from 1843, in the writing of ...
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Selvagee - Oxford Reference
An untwisted skein of rope-yarn marled together to form a strop. Selvagee strops are used for a variety of purposes on board ship.
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selvagee, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun selvagee is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for selvagee is from 1750, in the writing of T. R. Blanckley.
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Ship a selvagee | GSOpera & Lexicon
A strong and pliant hank, or untwisted skein of rope-yarn marled together, and used as a strap to fasten round a shroud or stay, or slings to which to hook a ...
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What is the selvage? How to find the selvage edge of fabric?
It is those narrow strips or border that runs down the length of the fabric edges. They are usually visible by either having a slightly different weave or ...
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Selvagee Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Selvagee Definition ... (nautical) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc. Wiktionary. Other Word ...
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selvedge
▪ I. selvage, selvedge, n. (ˈsɛlvɪdʒ) Forms: [? 5 corruptly sultviche], 6 silvadge, 6–7 silvage, selvege, 7 selvedg, self edge, 7–9 selvidge, selfedge, self-edge, 8–9 salvage, 5– selvage, 7– selvedge. [Apparently f. self + edge n., after the equivalent early mod.Du. selfegghe (Kilian), now zelfegge ...
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