A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding period

by M. Oppenheim

[1491] Pulleys, or blocks.

[1492] The wheel of a pulley or block.

[1493] Later the bushing of the wheel-pin; here apparently the pin itself. Cf. ‘colkes of brasse grete and small ... xxviii’—Inventory of the Grace Dieu in 1486.

[1494] Pulleys, or blocks.

[1495] Halliards.

[1496] Perhaps the main beam or head piece across it (Cf. breast-summer, Halliwell, Dictionary).

[1497] Some sort of rope gear, but the exact use is unknown.

[1498] Grappling-irons, or hooks.

[1499] Piece of timber carrying blocks and used with various ropes.

[1500] See [p. 374], where it is written ‘power.’ Probably used in the sense of ‘bowline bridle’ (See [p. 375]), and from the old English powe, a claw, or something which holds.