'Tripping line' definitions:
Definition of 'Tripping line'
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- Tripping \Trip"ping\, n.
- 1. Act of one who, or that which, trips. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A light dance. [1913 Webster]
- Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope. [1913 Webster]
- Tripping line (Naut.), a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor. --Luce. [1913 Webster]