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Definition of Slab line

Slab line
Slab Slab, n. [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.] 1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. --Gwilt. 2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. --Totten.

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- A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of sleepers and ballast is replaced...
- Examples of slab climbing In rock climbing a slab climb (or friction climb) is a type of climbing route where the rock face is 'off-angle' and not fully...
- Murphy (Irish: Tomás Mac Murchaidh: born 26 August 1949), also known as Slab, is an Irish republican, believed to be a former Chief of Staff of the Provisional...
- SLAB! are an industrial music/alternative rock band initially active between the mid-1980s and early 1990s. They reformed in 2009. The band's first release...
- optical waveguide is the dielectric slab waveguide, also called a planar waveguide. Owing to their simplicity, slab waveguides are often used as toy models...
- cutting a slab of the rough rock with a slab saw, and then stencilling a shape from a template. The slab is then trimmed near the marked line using a diamond...
- and trees. Avalanches occur in two general forms, or combinations thereof: slab avalanches made of tightly packed snow, triggered by a collapse of an underlying...
- Raging Slab is an American rock band that plays a blend of southern rock and boogie with influences from metal and punk. They released six albums between...
- In plate tectonics, slab detachment or slab break-off may occur during continent-continent or arc-continent collisions. When the continental margin of...
- A slab hut is a kind of dwelling or shed made from slabs of split or sawn timber. It was a common form of construction used by settlers in Australia and...