earing
{{short description|Small line (rope) used to fasten the corner of a sail to a spar or yard}}
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In sailing, an earing is a small line (rope) used to fasten the corner of a sail to a spar or yard.{{cite web | url = http://www.ninnescah.org/library/glossaryef.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213221619/http://www.ninnescah.org/library/glossaryef.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2008-02-13 | title = Sailing Glossary}}
Background
In the Age of Sail, a position at the Weather Earing (the earing at the windward side of the ship) was considered a place of honor for the topmen, and on a merchant ship was the position of the second mate during reefing.
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External links
- {{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cJ8epwiWIIQC&q=%22weather+earing%22&pg=PA481 | title = Dana's Seaman's friend| year = 1845}}
- {{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8VwBAAAAQAAJ&q=%22weather+earing%22&pg=PA113 | title = The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the ... | volume = 14| last1 = Dana | first1 = Richard Henry | year = 1856 }}
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