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脚缆,卷帆时水手立足之缆索,帆的下缘索

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.)
   (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when
       reefing or furling; -- formerly called a {horse}.
   (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a
       sail is sewed.