houseline

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English

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Etymology

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From house +‎ line.

Noun

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houseline (plural houselines)

  1. (nautical) A small line of three strands used for seizing.
    • 1796, David Steel, The Art of Sail-making, as Practised in the Royal Navy:
      [] marled on to the sail with marline or houseline, as far as it is sewed

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