What is a rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything called?
tail — (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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