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Naut.a line for hauling the middle of a leech of a square sail up to the yard. Cf. leech rope.[1620-30]
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Leech line — Leech Leech, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[=i]k, Sw. lik boltrope, st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also {leach}.] [1913 Webster] {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
leech line — noun Etymology: leech (III) : a line attached to the middle of the leech of a sail and used to haul the leech up to the yard * * * Naut. a line for hauling the middle of a leech of a square sail up to the yard. Cf. leech rope. [1620 30] … Useful english dictionary
leech line — noun A line for tightening the leech of a triangular mainsail to prevent it from fluttering … Wiktionary
leech line — quarter rope (handling rope used in side trawling to bring the bosom section of the groundrope to the ship s side) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Leech — Leech, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[=i]k, Sw. lik boltrope, st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also {leach}.] [1913 Webster] {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Leech rope — Leech Leech, n. [Cf. LG. leik, Icel. l[=i]k, Sw. lik boltrope, st[*a]ende liken the leeches.] (Naut.) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [Written also {leach}.] [1913 Webster] {Leech line}, a line attached to the leech ropes of sails,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
leech — I. /litʃ / (say leech) noun 1. any of the bloodsucking or carnivorous, usually aquatic, worms constituting the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used by physicians for bloodletting and now occasionally used… …
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Leech — Taxobox image width = 220px image caption = A leech in China regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa superphylum = Lophotrochozoa phylum = Annelida classis = Clitellata subclassis = Hirudinea subclassis authority = Lamarck, 1818 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
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