Shear-pole

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of shearpole. alt-of, alternative

    "The ratlines of the lower rigging should be thirteen, and of the topmast rigging eleven inches apart, and all square with the shear-pole."

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"The ratlines of the lower rigging should be thirteen, and of the topmast rigging eleven inches apart, and all square with the shear-pole."

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