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rumbowline

Rombowline \Rom*bow"line\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear. [Written also rumbowline.]

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rumbowline

n. (alternative form of rombowline English)

Usage examples of "rumbowline".

Captain of the Surprise, looking along the deck of his ship, which might have come out of a particularly disruptive battle, with stores, cordage, spars, rumbowline and sailcloth lying about here and there in heaps.