пе́рли́нь — meaning in English

English meaning

• hawser noun A strong, heavy rope or cable used when towing a ship or tying it up at berth.
• warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

пе́рли́нь is used for these senses in English:

• hawser (nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.
• warp (nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.

warp — full definition

1. noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.
2. noun The lengthwise threads on a loom, crossed by the weft to make woven fabric.
3. noun (in science fiction) A means of travelling faster than light, or a distortion in space and time.
4. verb To bend or twist something out of its original shape, or to become bent this way.

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