Truck (rigging)
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truck-rigging-305-8332574
title:
Truck (rigging)
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A truck is a wooden ball, disk, or bun-shaped cap at the top of a mast, with holes in it through which flag halyards are passed. Trucks are also used on wooden flagpoles, to prevent them from splitting. Without a masthead truck, water could easily seep into the circular growth rings of a wooden mast. However, the grain in the truck is perpendicular to that of the mast, allowing the water to run off it.
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wiki
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description:
Part of ship's rigging
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_(rigging)
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2023-11-18T23:01:09Z
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