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Carry away, to: To break and go adrift. Applied to Dog-leg: A linear deformation in the run of a wire
both sails and rigging. “The main topmast carried rope or rod, especially one that is gradual enough
away in the storm.” that the material can be straightened with no loss
of strength. See Kink.
Chafe, to: To fray, fret, gall, or rub. See Abrasion.
Double, to: To continue the lead of a decorative
Circumference: The perimeter of a cross-section knot around an additional circuit, as in a Turk’s
through a rope or wire rope; the girth. Head or button knot.
Cleat: A wooden or metal object with two horns, Ease or ease off: To slacken.
secured to deck, mast, dock, or rigging, to which
ropes are belayed. Elastic limit: The limit of stress above which a
permanent deformation takes place within the
Clevis pin: A transverse pin in a shackle, tang, material. This limit is approximately 55 to 65
turnbuckle, or toggle, to which standing rigging percent of the breaking strength of steel wire rope.
attaches.
Entry: The sequence in which strands enter the
Coil: A bundle of rope or wire rope, usually standing part at the commencement of a splice in
circular, arranged for convenience of handling and multi-strand rope or wire rope.
storing. See Reel.
Eye: A spliced, seized, swaged, or knotted loop,
Come-along: A ratchet winch with wire pendant with or without a thimble.
used to stretch cable for service, to set up lanyards,
to effect emergency repairs, etc. Fair, to: To smooth out or to even a knot, splice,
or sinnet, in order to improve its appearance and
Construction: The design of a rope, including the ensure an even strain on all strands.
number of strands, the number of wires or fibers
per strand, and the arrangement of wires or fibers Fall: The hauling end of a tackle.
in each strand.
Fast: Secure. “The throat halyard is fast.”
Cordage: Fiber rope of any material or size.
Fatigue: The progressive fracturing in metal
Corrosion: Chemical decomposition of a rope by due to a loss of resiliency with age and use;
exposure to moisture, acids, alkalines, electrical work hardening. Alloyed steels are particularly
current, UV, or other destructive agents. susceptible to fatigue.

Cotter pin: A split pin used in rigging to prevent Fiber heart or core: A twisted rope or strand
clevis pins from backing out of position. employed as a core in wire rope.

Deadeye: A stout disk of hard wood, strapped with Fid: A tool, usually conical, used in a splice, to
rope or iron, through which holes (usually three) open the standing part strands to make room to
are pierced for the reception of lanyards. tuck an end.

Design factor: See Safety factor. Filler wire: Small auxiliary wires in a wire rope
strand for spacing and positioning other wires.
Diameter: The thickness of a strand, a rope, or a
wire rope. Fox: Yarns wound or twisted together to shorten
their working length, especially for fancy work.

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