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Definition of Earing
1. n. A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.
2. n. Coming into ear, as corn.
3. n. A plowing of land.
Definition of Earing
1. Noun. (nautical) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; also called head earing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Earing
1. a line on a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earing
Literary usage of Earing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seamanship by George Strong Nares, United States Coast Guard Academy (1865)
"With a footrope, head earing strop, jackstay, yard-tackle pendant, dog strops
for the preventer brace block and after brace block, a lift block, ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... and the branches l>earing numerous smaller (5 or 6 Hues long) loosely disposed
ami sunn-times slender-peduncled heads, having fewer bracts to the ..."
3. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"earing. A small line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or
... An earing to haul out the edge of an awning. An earing composed of two ..."
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