Meaning Of The Word Deadeye
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Deadeye Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Deadeye?
deadeye in American English
a round, flat block of wood with three holes in it for a lanyard, used in pairs on a sailing ship to hold the shrouds and stays taut noun: either of a pair of disks of hardwood having holes through which a lanyard is rove: used to tighten shrouds and stays deadeye in British English noun: either of a pair of disclike wooden blocks, supported by straps in grooves around them, between which a line is rove so as to draw them together to tighten a shroud |
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