checkline

checkline
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: check (IV) + line
: a hawser made fast on a dock and checked on a ship's bitts and used when coming alongside a wharf for taking off way or snubbing toward the wharf

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