a general name given to all the ropes employed in a ship. Thus, those used to sustain the masts remain in a fixed position, and are called standing rigging; such are the shrouds, stays, and backstays. Those, again, which are employed to adjust the sails receive the general term of running rigging. Such are the braces, sheets, halyards, clue-lines, and brails.

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