hedrop (1312-13)
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hedrop (1312-13)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  head-rope n.  MED:  rop n.2 (hed rop)  DMLBS: ∅
hedrope,  heuedrop,  heuedrope,  hevedrop,  hevedrope  
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1ship.headrope, the part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge: 
( 1312-13 )  En .iiij. couples de heuedropes .xl. s.  iii 30
( 1347-60 )  En demj cent de bord achaté pur le bierder de mesme la nief sur les hevedropes – .xiij. s. .iiij. d.  E101/25/32, m.6
( 1373 )  .j. mast, .iij. couples hedrops, .j. forsteye, .j. couple baksteys  iii 27
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