Posted by Tim on November 11, 1998 at 10:22:37:
In Reply to: Ropes, Lines and Nautical Terminology posted by The Murrelets on November 10, 1998 at 20:47:22:
The nautical tradition of AR's time is already available on the Lit.Pages in fhe form of E.F. Knight's Sailing (1889), which was the 'bible' for AR himself, as for John (in WDMTGTS) and Dick (in PM). There Chapter 2 'The Ropes' deals with ropes as substance and how it may be knotted, spliced, bent etc. the word 'rope' being used throughout. In Chapters 5 and 6 ('The Rigs of Small Boats' and 'A Cutter's Rigging' respectively) the term 'line' is used, but the lines are referred to usually by words that indicate their function: 'sheet', 'halyard', 'shroud' etc. I'm no sailor, but is this not the nautical convention of today also?