sheepshank - A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.
ship - 1 - A large vessel. 2 - To take an object aboard, such as cargo, or water. 3 - To put items such as oars on the boat when not in use.
sheepshank - A plan of shortening a rope by taking up a part and folding it into two loops or bights, and then putting a half hitch of each standing part over a bight.
The grooved wheel in a block, a masthead fitting, or elsewhere, over which a rope runs sheepshank A knot used for temporarily shortening a line sheer The curve of the deck or gunwale as viewed from the side; ...
Sheepshank is a shortening knot, which enables a rope to be shortened non-destructively.
Sheave - the wheel of a block pulley ...
Sheepshank A knot used to temporarily shorten a line. Snatch block A block that can be opened on one side, allowing it to be place on a line that is already in use. Splice The place where two lines are joined together end to end.
 See also: Shank, Bow, Rigging, Hull, Block
  
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