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Definition of Girtline
1. n. A gantline.
Definition of Girtline
1. Noun. (nautical) A gantline. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Girtline
1. a nautical hoisting rope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Girtline
Literary usage of Girtline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"The second, or mast-head girtline, being at the mast-head tenon and worked in
... Knot the ends of the main girtline together, and fit a toggle in one part, ..."
2. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce, United States Naval Academy (1898)
"Knot the ends of the main girtline together, and fit a toggle in one part, just
above. Thrust this between the two parts of the first pair of ..."
3. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1884)
"Knot the ends of the main girtline together, and fit a toggle in one part, ...
Stop the girtline along the shroud towards the eye, and at the crown, ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"Take the foremost girtline, reeve it down through the foremost hole, ... Take the
after girtline, reeve it the same way through the after hole bored for the ..."
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