ropeband

English

Alternative forms

• roband
• robbin

Etymology

rope +‎ band

Noun

ropeband (plural ropebands)

1. (nautical) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “ropeband”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)