The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...

To Bend, or Bent.

Is taken in the common sense: as when the shancke of the Anchor is with over-much strayning crooked, we say, It is Bent: But it is otherwise used, as when they say, Is the Ca∣bell bent, that is, when it is seased and made-fast to the Ring of the An∣chor. Unbend the Cabell, that is, unbind it, which we doe commonly when we doe make account to be long at Sea, before we come into Har∣bour: To bend two Cabells or Roapes together, that is, to tye them to∣gether with a knot, and so to make their own ends fast upon themselves: This is not so sure as splising two Roapes together, but it is sooner done, and most commonly used, when we meane to take them a sunder againe, as when a Warp, or any Roape is too short for the present use.