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fake

Nautical
one round of a coil of rope
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fake

[fāk]
(naval architecture)
To lay a rope or chain down in long bights side by side or in coils in regular order.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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