Definitions
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- noun A concealed wire or string that sets off an alarm or activates a trap when
tripped .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After hauling in frustration for several minutes to no avail, I concluded that the tripline had somehow got tangled around the main line, or around the parachute itself, so no matter how hard I pulled on the second line the sea anchor would remain inflated with its full payload of seawater.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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I hit on the idea of pulling on the tripline and after every few feet tying a quick slipknot in the rope.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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I hit on the idea of pulling on the tripline and after every few feet tying a quick slipknot in the rope.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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While I was explaining who I was and what I needed done, I looked out and saw that the tripline, instead of being clipped into the carabiner, had snapped.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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I had lost all the progress I had made, and was now in an even worse situation because the tripline was gone and the main rope to the sea anchor was too thick for me to clip it into the carabiner.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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After hauling in frustration for several minutes to no avail, I concluded that the tripline had somehow got tangled around the main line, or around the parachute itself, so no matter how hard I pulled on the second line the sea anchor would remain inflated with its full payload of seawater.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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There was also the problem that I had now lost the tripline and also the third, emergency line that led from the main rope back into the cockpit.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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I had lost all the progress I had made, and was now in an even worse situation because the tripline was gone and the main rope to the sea anchor was too thick for me to clip it into the carabiner.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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While I was explaining who I was and what I needed done, I looked out and saw that the tripline, instead of being clipped into the carabiner, had snapped.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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There was also the problem that I had now lost the tripline and also the third, emergency line that led from the main rope back into the cockpit.
Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009
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