Translation for "flaggleine" to english
Flaggleine
noun
Translation examples
noun
von der Flaggleine her: »He! Land!«
called from the halyard, “Hey! Land!”
Über dem Wasser schlugen Flaggleinen bimmelnd gegen metallene Masten im Dunkel, einsame, klagende Laute.
Over the water, halyards were belling on the metal masts in the dark, a lonely elegiac sound.
Cato nahm das Bündel schwarzen Segeltuchs aus der Kiste und schob dessen Knebel in die Schlaufen an der Flaggleine.
Cato snatched up the bundle of dark linen from the locker and fixed the toggles to the loops of twine on the mast halyard.
Sobald der Stander gut befestigt war, zog er ihn am Mast hoch und belegte die Flaggleine sicher an der Holzklampe.
As soon as the pennant was securely attached he hauled it up the mast and fastened the halyard securely about the wooden cleat.
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