leefang (English, noun)
expansion: leefang (plural leefangs)
expansion: (nautical, obsolete)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rope through the clew of a jib, holding it amidships while lacing on the bonnet.
tags: obsolete
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A metal bar, fastened at its extremities to the deck, and upon which the sheets of some fore-and-aft sails traverse, particularly the foresail of a sloop or cutter.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: leefangs
tags: plural