Jump to content

caburn

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: Caburn

English

[edit]
A user has added this entry to requests for verification(+)
If it cannot be verified that this term meets our attestation criteria, it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove {{rfv}} until the request has been resolved.

Etymology

[edit]

Compare cable (noun).

Noun

[edit]

caburn (plural caburns)

  1. (nautical) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for caburn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)