A hawser laid out diagonally aft from a ship's bow or forward from a ship's stern and secured to a fixed point in order to prevent movement or assist maneuvering.
Example sentencesExamples
Will I remember how to use the spring lines, and will she yell at me for missing the piling?
The boat coming alongside should have a pair of spring lines that can be handed to crew on the boat they are tying to.
They watched as the sails were lowered, the lines tossed to dockworkers who tied bow, stern and spring lines to cleats lining the dock.
Secondly, a ten-foot spring line might become 13 feet long under load.
They have no one to help take your lines so have someone ready to jump to the dock with a spring line and stern line.
Definition of spring line in US English:
spring line
noun
A hawser laid out diagonally aft from a ship's bow or forward from a ship's stern and secured to a fixed point in order to prevent movement or assist maneuvering.
Example sentencesExamples
Secondly, a ten-foot spring line might become 13 feet long under load.
They have no one to help take your lines so have someone ready to jump to the dock with a spring line and stern line.
They watched as the sails were lowered, the lines tossed to dockworkers who tied bow, stern and spring lines to cleats lining the dock.
Will I remember how to use the spring lines, and will she yell at me for missing the piling?
The boat coming alongside should have a pair of spring lines that can be handed to crew on the boat they are tying to.