lazy-jacks

lazy a[PT] An' then there's your inside lifts which comes from the centre o' the boom to the top of the mast head, an' there's legs spliced on 'em - three pieces o' rope would come down so far, three parts o' the way down, we'll say, an' a thimble in each end, an' there's a rope reefs through each thimble, an' two ends made fast to the boom which was called lazy-jacks, for when the sail [was] run down...practically all you got to do was put stops around to tie it up, see.YesJ.D.A. WIDDOWSONUsed I and SupNot used2WithdrawnChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 08 Jun 201