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| SYLLABICATION: | pain·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n t r |
| NOUN: | A rope attached to the bow of a boat, used for tying up, as when docking or towing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English peintour, probably from Old French pentoir, strong rope, from pendre, to hang, from Vulgar Latin *pendere, from Latin pend re. See (s)pen- in Appendix I.
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