topping lift
English
Noun
topping lift (plural topping lifts)
- (nautical) A large, strong tackle used to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
Translations
strong tackle to raise the end of a gaff or boom
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for topping lift in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)