gobline

English

Etymology 1

gob +‎ line

Noun

gobline (plural goblines)

1. (nautical) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit.
   • 1986, George H. Reid, Shiphandling with Tugs, page 66:

     The gobline helps prevent the tug from being tripped or capsized when working on a towline especially if the tug is being towed stern first.

   • 1996, Graham Danton, The Theory and Practice of Seamanship:

     This is not so important if the towline is bowsed to the stern of the tug with a gobline.

2. (mining) The outer extent of the gob (waste material) in an old mine.
   • 2002, Proceedings ... International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, page 16:

     At Mine C, the future tailgate entry was 184 ft away from the longwall gobline and under a cover depth of 900 ft.

   • 2019, Syd S. Peng, Longwall Mining:

     They serve as the gobline supports for the space between the canopy tip and faceline as shields are removed one by one from the tail end to head end.

Synonyms

• gobrope
• gaubline

Etymology 2

Noun

gobline (plural goblines)

1. (chiefly India) Goblin.
   • 1991, Swami Ganeshdas, Katha-ratnam:

     So, my dear Yudhishthira, the observance of the fast on the Jaya Ekadahee day saves the observer from falling into the low strata of ghosts, gobline and fiends, affords all the merits attainable by sacrifices, charities and penances and ensures pleasurable life in the Heaven for thousands of years.

   • 2004, Scott Atran, In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion, page 285:

     In the paintings of the Ajanta caves, executed when Buddhism dominated north India, "the female, or Rākshasi, is represented as a gobline in the shape of a handsome woman, red, fair, or dark, with flowing hair, killing men and feeding on their flesh and blood" (Crooke 1907:238).

   • 2013, T.J. Sidebottom, Contract Made After Death, page 406:

     The gobline tilted her head.

Anagrams

• Gobelin, ignoble, inglobe