Thrash (chain)

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Alternative term: Chafe (chain) (USA)

That part of a mooring chain of a buoy that is constantly rubbing on the sea-bed as the buoy rises and falls.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)