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lash † 
n. a long rope used to secure the load on a pack animal, sled, etc. Also lashing-rope.
See also: lash-line
- 1887 (1888) The lash rope is from thirty to forty feet long, terminating at one end in a synch (girth) of ordinary size, the end of which remote from the lash rope is furnished with a large smooth wooden hook, in which a rope can run easily.
- 1912 By loading-time they've got such grass bellies on them that I has to be quite severe with the lash ropes. They hold their wind while I cinch them, and that's how their stomach's get kicked.
- 1941 Lashing ropes for the load are necessary. . . .
- 1887 (1888) The lash rope is from thirty to forty feet long, terminating at one end in a synch (girth) of ordinary size, the end of which remote from the lash rope is furnished with a large smooth wooden hook, in which a rope can run easily.