Definition of hounds Hounds
/hawΛndz/ - [hawndz] -
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- hounds (Noun)
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Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine βοΈ
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hounds
a name given to those parts of a mast-head, which gradually project on the right and left side, beyond the cylindrical or conical surface, which it preserves from the partners upwards. The hounds, whose upper parts are also called cheeks, are used as shoulders to support the frame of the top, together with the top-mast and the rigging of the lower-mast. See the article MAST.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β΅
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hounds
Those projections at the mast-head serving as supports for the trestle-trees of large and rigging of smaller masts to rest upon. With lower masts they are termed cheeks.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer π₯
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hounds
Are pieces of wood used in the construction of limbers for gun-carriages to connect the splinter-bar with the axle.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary π
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hounds
Hold not with the hounds and run with the hare.
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