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shroud-laid rope

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 462 words | Copyright

shroud-laid rope, the name given to rope laid up with four strands instead of the more usual three. The strands are laid up round a heart, or central, strand, as the four strands would not bind close enough together, and without a heart would leave a central hollow. Size for size, shroud-laid rope is not as strong as hawser-laid rope. However, it is less liable to stretch, and therefore proved more suitable to be used in sailing vessels as standing rigging.

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