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Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..

Shroud-laid :: Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage.

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree..

Benight :: Benight (v. t.) To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment..

Ratlins :: Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.

Shrouded :: Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of Shrou.

Black :: Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..

Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Mizzen :: Mizzen (a.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc..

Shrouding :: Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrou.

Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Disenshrouded :: Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

Shroudless :: Shroudless (a.) Without a shroud.

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