� 'Robans:' rope-bands, pronounced roebins, are small cords, used to fasten the upper edge of any sail to its respective yard.
Footnote 19:
� 'Braces slack:' because the lee-brace confines the yard so that the tack will not come down to its place till the braces are cast loose.
Footnote 20:
� 'Taught,' 'tally,' and 'belay:' taught implies stiff, tense, or extended straight; and tally is a phrase particularly applied to the operation of hauling aft the sheets, or drawing them towards the ship's stern; to belay, is to fasten.