A rope or line used on a ship for hoisting cargo or supplies, especially a rope attached to a gantry framework for lifting heavy loads aboard a vessel.
From 'gant' (a variant or dialectal form) or from nautical terminology combined with 'line,' referring to the rope used with gantry equipment on ships for centuries.
Old sailing ships had to figure out creative ways to load heavy cargo—gantlines were the rope systems that sailors rigged to haul barrels, cannons, and supplies aboard using pulleys and teamwork!
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