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Definition of Boltropes
1. boltrope [n] - See also: boltrope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boltropes
Literary usage of Boltropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"When the tacking was finished and the sails had again caught the wind, the trysail
was torn from the boltropes with a loud crack. ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1836)
"It blew all the livelong day : some sails were taken in, and others blown out of
the boltropes, and, when night came on, we supposed that we should have a ..."
3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"... and for the- attachment of the reef-tackle-, are worked ill and around the
boltropes. See SAIL. Bolt—rope Nee'die. ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
""Tis the jib, blown from the boltropes," said the commander of the frigate. "
This is no time to spread light duck — but the mainsail may stand it yet. ..."
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