Two-block
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Two-block is a verb meaning (nautical) To hoist to the yardarm.
Meaning
(nautical) To hoist to the yardarm.
More Meanings
- (nautical, colloquial) To rearrange (one's clothing) to make it look more tidy.
Example Sentences
He cleared one of the tangled halyards and swiftly two-blocked the flag.
[…] wore a perfectly two-blocked field scarf and had razor-sharp creases that cut with a surgeon's precision right through the center of seven chevrons and the embroidered emblems on his sleeves.
Word Forms
- two-blocks
- two-blocking
- two-blocked
Related Words
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