In this task, you are given a sentence or phrase in English. You must translate it to Xhosa in a way that is equivalent in terms of meaning and grammatically correct.

[Q]: An inverted knee, placed above the deck instead of beneath it for strengthening purposes; as, bill-standard, etc.
[A]: (1) Idolo eliphakathi, elibekwe phezu komgangatho kumazantsi kwawo ukwenzela ukuba ikwazi ukoluka ngoko mgangatho ophelelwe lixesha.


[Q]: The lower shrouds are left too slack.
[A]: Iintambo zokubamba inqanawe ezisezantsi zishiywa zindyengelele.


[Q]: This meant that their role declined to that of harbour-defence monitors.
[A]:
Lo nto yayithetha ukuthi umebenzi bayawuyeka ukujongwa komkhosi wokhuselo.