Stray Line

Word STRAY LINE
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The word "stray-line" in example sentences

'O, they'll go out in a boat and drag a creeper -- that's a grapnel -- along the bottom till it catch hold of the stray-line.' ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

'Then we shan't try anywhere else all this dark -- that's what we call the time between moon and moon -- and perhaps they'll string the tubs to a stray-line, and sink 'em a little-ways from shore, and take the bearings; and then when they have a chance they'll go to creep for' em. ' ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

The first part of the line is called the stray-line, and its object is to allow the log-ship to settle properly in the water, as well as to take it clear of the eddy. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

‘Then we shan’t try anywhere else all this dark — that’s what we call the time between moon and moon — and perhaps they’ll string the tubs to a stray-line, and sink ’em a little-ways from shore, and take the bearings; and then when they have a chance they’ll go to creep for ’em.’ ❋ Unknown (2006)

‘O, they’ll go out in a boat and drag a creeper — that’s a grapnel — along the bottom till it catch hold of the stray-line.’ ❋ Unknown (2006)

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