Ropes forming part of the standing rigging. They stretch from mastheads and tend aft from the masts. They serve to support the masts against forward pull and are named according to the mast they support.
Iintambo ezenza inxenye emileyo yokuxhotyiswa kwenqanawe ngemasti. Zitsaleka ukusuka kwiintloko zemasti ukuya kumva weemasti. Zinceda ekuxhaseni iimasti zingatsaleki ngaphambili, kwaye zibizwa ngokwemasti eziyixhasayo.