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(nautical) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear..
It has probably been destroyed altogether, but Rome is a great place for treasuring rubbish and rombowline, and perhaps the old keyboard still exists, with stacks of wooden and metal pipes and bundles of worm- eaten trackers, all piled up together and forgotten in some corner of the crypt, or in some high belfry room or long-closed attic above the gorgeous ceiling of the Basilica.
The port and starboard walls were lined with three-tiered berths so close together that the occupant must enter by assuming a half sitting, half reclining position. In front of each hung a shabby bit of rombowline, dating from antiquity. It is used to keep out the air at night and the light during the day when the sailors sleep.
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Rombowline means (nautical) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear..
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It has probably been destroyed altogether, but Rome is a great place for treasuring rubbish and rombowline, and perhaps the old keyboard still exists, with stacks of wooden and metal pipes and bundles of worm- eaten trackers, all piled up together and forgotten in some corner of the crypt, or in some high belfry room or long-closed attic above the gorgeous ceiling of the Basilica.
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