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rigging collapse: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails

aeronautics collapse: the theory and practice of navigation through air or space

sailing collapse: the departure of a vessel from a port; riding in a sailboat

airline collapse: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers; a hose that carries air under pressure

mast collapse: a vertical spar for supporting sails; any sturdy upright pole; nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine; nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground; used especially as food for swine

spar collapse: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer; a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging; any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable; fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"; box lightly; fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"; furnish with spars

bellyband collapse: a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon; a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

headgear collapse: stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head; the hoist at the pithead of a mine

haw collapse: the nictitating membrane of a horse; utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"

crupper collapse: a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward

dissolving collapse: the process of going into solution; "the dissolving of salt in water"; causing to dissolve; "the dissolving medium is called the solvent"

caparison collapse: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse; put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

jib collapse: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

beak collapse: horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles); informal terms for the nose

spoke collapse: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

vanishing collapse: suddenly disappearing from sight; a sudden or mysterious disappearance; quickly going away and passing out of sight; "all I saw was his vanishing back"

flying collapse: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"; hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"; of or relating to passage through the air (especially aviation); "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"; designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"; capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"

shunt collapse: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body; a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current; a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"; transfer to another track, of trains; provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

retaining wall collapse: a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

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