Deadeye
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deadeye-310-18253396
title:
Deadeye
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A deadeye is an item used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships. It is a smallish round thick wooden disc with one or more holes through it, perpendicular to the plane of the disc. Single and triple-hole deadeyes are most commonly seen. The three-holed blocks were called deadeyes because the position of the three holes resemble the eye and nose sockets of a sheep's skull. Single deadeyes are used to guide and control a line and, particularly in older vessels, to change
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadeye
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2022-09-15T07:24:27Z
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