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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An eye in the end of a rope.
  • nautical A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end'''US FM 55-501 ''MARINE CREWMAN?S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999'''''. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
  • nautical A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
  • nautical The clevis of a pulley block.

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