According to "Glossary of Nautical Terms from The New Practical Navigator."
circa 1814

"To middle a rope

To double it into equal parts"


"paul cooke" wrote in message
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Stephen R wrote:

What does a nautical instruction mean that says "the sheets are
middled"?

Thanks for your time.



your sheets are neither fully in or fully out but somewhere in the
middle???

of course some context might give us some further clues...

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