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rob·and (rä′bənd)

noun

a piece of cord or spun yarn, used to fasten the head of a square sail to a yard, spar, etc.

Etymology: earlier raband & robbin < MDu rabant < ra, sailyard (see rock) + bant, band

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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