verb
- to haul up or secure with a rope or line
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The sailors were tricing up the hammocks at dawn.
- He spent the morning tricing the sails to prepare for the storm.
- The crew began tricing the rigging before entering port.
- They were tricing the canvas covers over the cargo.
- The bosun ordered the men to start tricing the yards.
- She watched them tricing the nets aboard the fishing vessel.