scaphon

scaphon [CL], (naut.) rope attached to the prow of a ship or to a sail at the prow of a ship. saphon, funiculus in prora navis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 555; saphon unicus rebellem Jovem sustinebat, alligatus ligno quod porrectum in proram ex laterali transtro carine extenso rostro lambit mare ventumque admittit ex obliquo; quod naute lovum vocant W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 30.