deadeye

dead a 345. According to Mr. Murphy (Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were later replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood kn...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22322
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/22322 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 deadeye 1973/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22322 eng eng D Gerald J. Barnable, Q 71 D. Feb. 1/73 Crawley's Island, Long Harbour, PB References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15648 D_15648_dead a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22322 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z dead a 345. According to Mr. Murphy (Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were later replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood known as ignivity) with three holes each, connected together by a length of "spun yarn" (rope). On the top the deadeye was attached to the shrough and onthe bottom it was fastened to a flatiron. The flatiron was a piece of metal attached to the sides of the craft and the shroud was what we might call a guy wire, running from near the top of the sp ar to the lanyard (see diagram - over) JH FEB 1973 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn [see also 'lanyards', 'ignivity', etc.] Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
deadeye
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description dead a 345. According to Mr. Murphy (Mr. Peter Murphy, 70, of Crawley's Island) lanyards were the more traditional devices on vessals [sic] for tightening the shrouds. They were later replaced by screwbuckles. The lanyard consisted of two deadeyes (flat, circular pieces of a type of hardwood known as ignivity) with three holes each, connected together by a length of "spun yarn" (rope). On the top the deadeye was attached to the shrough and onthe bottom it was fastened to a flatiron. The flatiron was a piece of metal attached to the sides of the craft and the shroud was what we might call a guy wire, running from near the top of the sp ar to the lanyard (see diagram - over) JH FEB 1973 Used I and Sup Not used Withdrawn [see also 'lanyards', 'ignivity', etc.]
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title deadeye
title_short deadeye
title_full deadeye
title_fullStr deadeye
title_full_unstemmed deadeye
title_sort deadeye
publishDate 1973
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22322
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
Gerald J. Barnable, Q 71 D. Feb. 1/73
Crawley's Island, Long Harbour, PB
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15648
D_15648_dead a
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22322
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