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Definition of Gantlines
1. gantline [n] - See also: gantline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantlines
Literary usage of Gantlines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Examination of Masters and Mates as Instituted by the by William C Seaton (1875)
"Pass the fore ends of the masthead gantlines along the under side of the top,
and make them fast well apart, to the fore rim, stop them to each crosstree ..."
2. Yankee Swanson: Chapters from a Life at Sea by Andrew Walfrid Nelson (1913)
"Ericson then ordered Axel and me to reeve off the gantlines for sending down the
royal yards, ... There I was with the gantlines, four inch rope. ..."
3. Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg (1918)
"... and in turn the tops'ls and light sails, lowered to the deck, and the gantlines
rigged to hoist the summer canvas; this we sent aloft in record time. ..."
4. A Manual of the Examination of Masters and Mates as Instituted by the by William C Seaton (1875)
"Pass the fore ends of the masthead gantlines along the under side of the top,
and make them fast well apart, to the fore rim, stop them to each crosstree ..."
5. Yankee Swanson: Chapters from a Life at Sea by Andrew Walfrid Nelson (1913)
"Ericson then ordered Axel and me to reeve off the gantlines for sending down the
royal yards, ... There I was with the gantlines, four inch rope. ..."
6. Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg (1918)
"... and in turn the tops'ls and light sails, lowered to the deck, and the gantlines
rigged to hoist the summer canvas; this we sent aloft in record time. ..."
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