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chained_bear commented on the word dolphin of the mast
"Dolphin of the Mast, a kind of wreath, formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the masts, as a support for the puddening; the use of which is, to sustain the weight of the fore and main-yards by the jears, in case the rigging, or chains, by which those yards are suspended, should be shot away in the time of battle."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 126
See also puddening.
October 14, 2008