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The configuration of thefootropevaries based on the expected bottom shape.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because the yard must be free to move, thisfootropeis rather loose and hence unstable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sailors will now edge out along thefootropeuntil they are spread evenly along the yard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fixed to the headline of the net, thefootropecan usually be seen which gives an indication of the net performance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The more uneven the bottom, the more robust thefootropeconfiguration must be to prevent net damage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because thefootropeprovides a rather narrow area to stand on, it can cause sore feet after a while.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The person working on the end of the yardarm has a separatefootropeknown as the flemish horse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like the trawl, floats and weightedfootropekeep the mouth of the net open and in contact with the seabed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vertical opening of a trawl net is created using flotation on the upper edge (floatline) and weight on the lower edge (footrope) of the net mouth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The inner parts of thefootropeare held up towards the yard by vertical lines called stirrups; one of these is visible in the picture on the right.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If sailors fell from afootropeunder a yardarm, they would either land on the deck (within the devil plank) or in the water (outside of the devil plank).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.