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tripping line
noun
, Nautical.
- trip126a
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tripping line1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
Just at the commencement of dusk the rope reached us, which we were enabled to seize by a small tripping line that hung pendent from it when it was stretched over our heads, being drawn tight at each promontory by the many assembled.”
From Project Gutenberg
The position being ascertained, if it be not desired to lift the cable, the grapnel can be released and hove on board by a tripping line, which can always be attached when such work is contemplated.
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We had a tripping line on it, so we tripped the sea-anchor and hauled it in.
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