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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GANTLINE

GANTLINE Gant "line `, n.

 

Defn: A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gantline

gantline |ˈgantlʌɪn | ▶noun Sailing a line passed through a block near the masthead and used to hoist sails or rigging. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally girtline ): of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gantline

gantline |ˈgantlʌɪn | ▶noun Sailing a line passed through a block near the masthead and used to hoist sails or rigging. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally girtline ): of unknown origin.