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topping lift
noun
, Nautical.
- a line for raising and supporting a spar, as a yard or boom.
topping lift
noun
- nautical a line or cable for raising the end of a boom that is away from the mast
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Word History and Origins
Origin of topping lift1
First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences
And being on the top-gallant-yard, the topping-lift broke, and the end I was on went down like the end of a beam.
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A wooden derrick (D), provided with topping lift and guys, was mounted on the foremast by means of a band and goose-neck.
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Jerry always remembers things like that and can talk about reef-cringles and topping-lift as if he really knew what they were for.
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For the topping lift use blue-fish line; and for the running rigging, the same.
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The jib-halyard had a block on the sail, and then, with the topping lift, came down on the port side.
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