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Definition of Robands
1. roband [n] - See also: roband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Robands
Literary usage of Robands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"... of lake-craft, " robands," etc.: their low bow—The Arab dhow—St. Paul's
ship—Slavers, etc.—A Baltimore clipper—The ten-gun brigs—Distinction between the ..."
2. Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1877)
"Every man takes his stop aloft, and when he has seen his robands clear, he then
passes his stop twice round the sail, keeping his yard-gaskets fast until ..."
3. The Shipwreck,: A Poem, by William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke (1811)
"robands, or Hope bands, are small pieces of Rope, of a sufficient length to pass
two or three times about the Yards, in order to fix to them the upper edges ..."
4. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce, United States Naval Academy (1898)
"Secure the balance of the robands. Let go on deck and cast off the yardarm-jiggers,
stand by to carry in their upper blocks, hook the topsail reef- tackles ..."
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