Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rope rove through the jeer-blocks which together form the jeers.
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Examples
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Even Smudge was completely mystified; and when I set the others at work at the jeer-fall to sway up the fore-yard, he was as active as any of them.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
chained_bear commented on the word jeer-fall
See mangerboard for a usage note.
February 23, 2008