Gantline

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  • noun. A rope passed through an overhead pulley, as at the top of a mast, that is used for hoisting.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as girt-line.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
    • Word Usage
    "He had the tail-block slung round his neck, and the end of the gantline over his shoulder."
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    girtline  
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