What is to slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - - said of a cable or hawser called?
fleet — (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - - said of a cable or hawser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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