亚洲网紅露点

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Spanish burton

noun

Nautical.
  1. any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Spanish burton1

First recorded in 1820鈥30
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Example Sentences

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A Single Spanish Burton.鈥擳wo single blocks and a hook.

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A Double Spanish Burton.鈥擳here are two forms of this purchase鈥擣ig.

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He quarrelled with the cook, and threatened to flog him for throwing wood on deck, and had a dispute with the mate about reeving a Spanish burton; the mate saying that he was right, and had been taught how to do it by a man who was a sailor!

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He quarrelled with the cook, and threatened to flog him for throwing wood on deck; and had a dispute with the mate about reeving a Spanish burton; the mate saying that he was right, and had been taught how to do it by a man who was a sailor!

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