[svdragonseeker]

Does anyone know where the term painter comes from? It now applies to the line on the bow of a dingy or tender, and also the same type of line on a life raft.
Sv

 

[SHIMSHON]

Comes from the Latin word "pendere" which means to hang or hang from hence the dingy hangs from the painter (literally).

 

[svdragonseeker]

Thank you