What is a short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten called?
stopper — (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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