Answer: earing

AnswerCrossword Clue
EARINGRope for reefing a sail
EARINGForming fruiting spikes.
EARINGForming spikes, as corn.
EARINGSmall rope for a gaff.
EARINGGrowing spicae.
EARINGSail rope.
EARINGBringing forth fruit, as corn
EARINGShort nautical line
EARINGSail line
earingrope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail
earinga line on a ship