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Definition of Selvagee
1. n. A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.
Definition of Selvagee
1. Noun. (nautical) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Selvagee
1. a marked hank of rope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selvagee
Literary usage of Selvagee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. White-Jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war by Herman Melville (1892)
"One of these two quarter-deck lords went among the sailors by a name of their
own devising—selvagee. Of course, it was intended to be characteristic ..."
2. Yachts and Yachting: Being a Treatise on Building, Sparring, Canvassing by William Cooper (1873)
"An improved selvagee strap board (Fig. 50 Plate,) may be constructed according
to the ... selvagee straps are usually covered with canvas, or brown leather, ..."
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