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(nautical) A line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by..
“Cast off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order came thinly through the roar of the wind.
Use leechline when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leechline means (nautical) A line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Cast off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order came thinly through the roar of the wind.
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