(a) A rod or stake (for 'binding' the withes in wattle; = binding ger., sense 1b.(c)); (b) naut. a plank nailed to the outer side of a ship providing structural integrity as well as acting as a……
(a) Furnishing, accoutrements; a decorative cloth (for an altar); (b) naut. equipment belonging to a boat; rigging; (c) Naut. A rope or chain used to fasten a yard to a mast, a parrel; pareil rop, a……
(a) A mechanical device consisting of a wheel or sheave fixed to a revolving axle or carried freely on a stationary one, round which a rope is wound, used for pulling or raising a weight; -- also……
Law: (a) Seizin, possession in freehold, freq. indicated or established by actual or physical possession; also, the right to something [quot.: c1436, 2nd]; also, the ceremony at which seizin is……
(a) A wrapped bundle containing clothing, laundry, etc., a parcel, traveler's pack; also, ?a bolt of cloth, cloth wound and fastened together in a roll [quots. c1436]; in trusse, ?on the bolt; (b) a……
