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20 answers for: Ropes used to fasten sails
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EARINGSRopes used to fasten sails
STAYSWires or ropes used to brace masts (5)
CATAPULTHeavy medieval war engine worked by levers and ropes, used to hurt boulders etc. (8)
BRAIL(Naut.) One of the ropes used to truss up a sail (5)
TRAPEZEA free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats (7)
TRAPEZESFree-swinging bars attached to ropes, used by circus acrobats (8)
HALYARDSRopes used for raising and lowering sails or flags on a sailing ship (8)
LASSOESRopes used for catching cattle (7)
CORDAGERopes used for a ship's rigging (7)
LONGESRopes used in training horses
OAKUMRecycled ropes - used many at first beside tree
TIERAILA long wooden pin used to fasten the planks of a ship to the timbers (7)
CLOVE___ hitch - nautical knot used to fasten line to post or spar (5)
EARINGShort line used to fasten upper corners of sail to yard (6)
TREENAILA long wooden pin used to fasten the planks of a ship to the timbers (8)
PINSFrom Latin for "feathers", word for edges, points or tips first, later metal tacks traditionally used to fasten bibs to aprons; badges or brooches; flagsticks; pastry flatteners; skittles; tuning pegs
CLOVEHITCHA knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
NIGHTIEClose thing used to fasten garment (7)
WINGNUTIt's used to fasten head on fly
TINTACKOne used to fasten food on can