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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Shear-pole
Synonyms for "shear-pole"
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The gaff and the luff run on this fore shear-pole, as if it were a stay.
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The door of the steerage room slammed behind Captain John Mayhue as he reached for a shear-pole and swung himself up into the mizzen rigging to see for himself.
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