gobline

English

Etymology

gob +‎ line

Noun

gobline (plural goblines)

1. (nautical) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit.

Synonyms

• gobrope
• gaubline

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gobline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Gobelin, ignoble, inglobe