PROLONGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prolonge mean? 

• PROLONGE (noun)
  The noun PROLONGE has 1 sense:

1. a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage

  Familiarity information: PROLONGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROLONGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("prolonge" is a kind of...):

rope (a strong line)

Meronyms (parts of "prolonge"):

prolonge knot; sailor's breastplate (a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage)