Assertion: boater | /r/CapableOf | use spreader
Facets:
value: to engage the second hammock string
type: PURPOSE
value: during the 1950s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Many sailors in the Royal Navy, during the 1950s at least, used a spreader – a length of wood with a V cut in each end to engage the second hammock string on each side.