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wind. A device called a "tye", a "tye chain", or a "tye rope" is used for lifting a given yard to the top of its travel to set the sail. To stop using...12 KB (1,534 words) - 21:52, 17 May 2024
A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength...37 KB (4,618 words) - 06:35, 19 May 2024
halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard. The term "halyard" derives from the Middle English halier ("rope to haul with")...4 KB (568 words) - 06:14, 29 June 2023- onderbreken in handen geweest van de familie Langman. (From 1893 the rope yard and later the rope factory were without interruption in the hands of the Langman...4 KB (287 words) - 20:36, 8 December 2023
HMNB Devonport (section South Yard (Freeport))positioning of other buildings around the yard. The southern boundary of his yard was formed by a 'double' rope-house (combining the previously separate...89 KB (9,200 words) - 17:41, 31 May 2024- of Petersfield: they had 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was Clerk of the Rope Yard in Portsmouth Dockyard from 1691; and a Freeman of Portsmouth from 1702...2 KB (96 words) - 19:50, 20 June 2022
- oldest in Europe.) "De Nijkerkse touwslagerij – vanaf 1638" [The Nijkerk rope yard]. mijngelderland.nl (in Dutch). 創業100年以上の「長寿企業」は熊本県に298社 (PDF) (in Japanese)...295 KB (16,382 words) - 10:17, 21 May 2024
Methodists built a church in 1838 at the western end of the High Street, near Rope Yard. It continues in use, the congregation having been joined by the town's...34 KB (3,730 words) - 17:01, 26 April 2024- Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) (redirect from Yard number)pass a rope around something in preparation for attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle to it. 2. A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast;...251 KB (31,530 words) - 13:14, 13 May 2024
Roper Technologies, Inc. (formerly Roper Industries, Inc.) is an American diversified industrial company based in Sarasota, Florida. George D. Roper founded...10 KB (741 words) - 00:24, 23 May 2024- On a boat, a tripping line is small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard and lower it to the deck. It's also a line used...607 bytes (60 words) - 23:41, 13 December 2021
Calf roping, also known as tie-down roping, is a rodeo event that features a calf and a rider mounted on a horse. The goal of this timed event is for...10 KB (1,328 words) - 07:11, 21 May 2024
not only return freight, but also their own service industry: rope-yards, carpenter's yards and forges. In 1746 the first real shipyard was established...13 KB (1,131 words) - 13:07, 26 May 2024
Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich...49 KB (5,251 words) - 13:06, 4 October 2023
bucket is maneuvered by means of a number of ropes and chains. The hoist rope, powered by large diesel or electric motors, supports the bucket and hoist-coupler...22 KB (2,973 words) - 02:29, 20 May 2024
70 yards (54.86 and 64.01 m) from the centre of the pitch to be used. In addition, the conditions require a minimum three-yard gap between the "rope" and...9 KB (1,155 words) - 01:56, 25 February 2024- Provo Yard (UP/BNSF/Utah) Ogden: Riverdale Yard (UP/Utah Central) Salt Lake City: North Yard (UP) (Closed April 2019) Salt Lake City: Roper Yard (UP) Alexandria:...67 KB (6,506 words) - 12:57, 1 June 2024
several hundred people The Lagan foundry, which employed 140 people A rope yard and sail cloth factory, which employed 130 people Two large linen spinning...9 KB (1,037 words) - 12:38, 29 May 2024
inserted through holes at the top of the timber and used to turn the capstan. A rope wrapped several turns around the drum was thus hauled upon. A rudimentary...7 KB (714 words) - 11:49, 4 January 2024
- yard rope, yardrope yard-rope (plural yard-ropes) (nautical) A rope that goes through a block or sheave at the top of a mast that is used for hoisting
- shop near Bell Yard, opposite Middle Temple Gate, but afterwards he moved next door to the Devil tavern, at the sign of the Black Dog. Roper is said to have
- chiappe. English equivalent: In the house of the hanged man, mention not the rope. von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Ida; von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, Otto (1875).
- Climbing shops sell it off of a spool on a per yard or per foot basis. It is cut with a hot wire as is nylon rope, which prevents fraying and unravelling. However