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What does rollers mean?
Wiktionary
rollers (Noun) Plural of roller.
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine⚓️
rollers are also moveable pieces of wood, of the same figure, which are
occasionally placed under planks, or long pieces of timber, in order to
move them with greater facility either in the dock-yards, or in lading
and delivering merchant-ships.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book⛵
rollers Cylindrical pieces of timber, fixed either horizontally or vertically in different parts of a ship above the deck, so as to revolve on an axis, and prevent the cables, hawsers, and running rigging from being chafed, by lessening their friction. The same as friction-roller. Also, movable pieces of wood of the same figure, which are occasionally placed under boats, pieces of heavy timber, &c.
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