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plural earings
(nautical) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff. examples
(nautical) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard. quotations examples
You've forgot to pass the tack-earing, but wid time and help ye'll larn. There's good and just reason for ivry rope aboard, or else 'twould be overboard. D'ye follow me?
1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous
(nautical) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions. examples
(archaic) A ploughing of land. quotations
Neither earing nor harvest.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 45:6