log-line

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 344 words | Copyright

log-line, classically, a specially woven line of contra-laid cotton used for towing a patent log from the taffrail of a ship. The reason for the special weaving was to prevent twist, so that it would faithfully repeat the number of revolutions made by the patent log as it is towed through the water. Such instruments are seldom used nowadays.

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