Boat rope

a rope for fastening a boat; - usually called a painter.
- Totten.

See also: Boat

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The coastguards were alerted after the Maritime Operations Room received a distress call from a citizen who said that he drifted away after his diving boat rope got accidentally cut The coastguard patrols were dispatched to the location and found the boat while two Bahrainis helped the three other divers.
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