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