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Definition of Laniards
1. laniard [n] - See also: laniard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laniards
Literary usage of Laniards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"... a dead-eye turned in, by which they are set up by laniards to the channel.
Shubrick. US torpedo-boat. (Richmond, 1899') Length ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"108, Main-topmast, Shrouds anil laniards. 11 o, Yard and sail. 111, Futtock-shrouds.
... 142, Shrouds and laniards. 143, Cap. 144, Yard and Kail. ..."
3. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"laniards of the shrouds — de parta (mar. ... to fill the sein» with oakum, to
haul the laniards. ..."
4. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce, United States Naval Academy (1898)
"Reeve off the laniards through the upper and lower dead-eyes, ... The rigging
being set up for a full due, rack the laniards, seize on the sheer poles with ..."
5. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1884)
"Reeve off the laniards through the upper and lower dead-eyes, ... The rigging
being set up for a full due, rack the laniards, seize on the sheer poles with ..."
6. Professional recollections on points of seamanship, discipline, &c by Francis Liardet (1849)
"When done, come up the foremost half of the laniards on each side together, then
secure them; when done, do the same to the other half. ..."
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