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jumper
jumper, a pair of stays used to support the masthead of a Bermudan-rigged vessel where the forestay is attached below the masthead. Their lower ends are attached to the mast at a lower spreader band where their forward pull is counteracted by aft lower shrouds. These stays are extended forward in way of the forestay by short jumper struts usually arranged at about 45° to the centreline. The term is also sometimes used on square-riggers for preventer braces used to augment the lead of the braces of the lee main course when hard braced in bad weather. A single strut on the foreside of a mizzen-mast, which takes a jumper stay to support the masthead, is known as a parrot perch.
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"jumper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jumper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-jumper.html "jumper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-jumper.html |
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jump·er1 / ˈjəmpər/ • n. 1. a collarless sleeveless dress, typically worn over a blouse. 2. Brit. a sweater. 3. hist. a loose outer jacket worn by sailors. jump·er2 • n. 1. a person or animal that jumps. 2. (also jumper wire) a short wire used to complete an electric circuit or bypass a break in a circuit. 3. Basketball another term for jump shot. 4. Naut. a rope made fast to keep a yard or mast from jumping. 5. a heavy chisel-ended steel bar for drilling blast holes. |
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"jumper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jumper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-jumper.html "jumper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-jumper.html |
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jumper n.
1. a loose outer jacket worn by sailors. 2. a rope made fast to keep a yard or mast from jumping. |
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"jumper." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jumper." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-jumper.html "jumper." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-jumper.html |
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jumper
jumper loose garment for the torso. XIX. of uncert. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "jumper." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "jumper." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jumper.html T. F. HOAD. "jumper." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jumper.html |
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jumper •coper, doper, eloper, Europa, groper, hoper, L-dopa, moper, no-hoper, opah, toper
•interloper
•blooper, cooper, Cowper, duper, grouper, Hooper, looper, pea-souper, pupa, scooper, snooper, stupa, stupor, super, trooper, trouper, whooper
•pooper-scooper • party-pooper
•paratrooper • mea culpa • chutzpah
•crupper, cuppa, scupper, supper, upper
•gulper, kalpa, pulper
•bumper, dumper, gazumper, jumper, lumper, stumper, thumper
•showjumper • diaper • galloper
•developer
•scalloper, walloper
•chirper, sherpa, usurper
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"jumper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jumper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-jumper.html "jumper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-jumper.html |
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