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1 [1898] 1986 Evening Telegram 24 Mar, p. 6 In the battle they cut three of our straps and cut the skins of several seals which were on the last strap hoisted aboard of us. 1984 WRIGHT 83 [He took] the straps off the pelts, while [we] worked in the hold loading pelts onto the straps to be hauled out with the winch.
5 Length of stout rope fastened to the stern of a 'dory' and used to launch and recover the craft; DORY STRAP.
1984 KELLAND 14 The stern straps were fashioned from stout manila rope, the two ends being pushed through holes in the top section of the dory's stern and secured on the outside by the forming of knots, leaving a loop or becket approximately sixteen inches long hanging down on the inside. On Banks fishing vessels they were used to hoist dories outboard and inboard.
