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Swahili

henza

HEHN-zah

How to say it

SwahilihenzaHEHN-zahsoon
Englishhalyardsoon
Frenchdrissesoon

Meaning

a halyard — a rope used on a ship to hoist a sail or yard.

Good to know

Nautical term; several dialectal variants exist (henzarani, henzerani, henzirani, hinzi).

Examples

  • Baharia alivuta henza kuinua tanga.The sailor pulled the halyard to hoist the sail.
  • Henza ilikatika ghafla wakati wa dhoruba.The halyard suddenly snapped during the storm.
  • Kabla ya kusafiri, walikagua henza zote.Before sailing, they checked all the halyards.

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