The end of a rope or sheet in a ship's rigging which is made fast, as distinct from the end to be hauled on.
（船的索具或帆的）固定端（与被拖拽端相对）
Example sentencesExamples
He makes it fast to the cable - he reeves the jeer-fall through it - the jeer-fall is brought to the capstan, with the standing part belayed to the bitts.
Definition of standing part in US English:
standing part
noun
1The end of a rope in a ship's rigging that is made fast, as distinct from the end to be hauled on.
（船的索具或帆的）固定端（与被拖拽端相对）
Example sentencesExamples
He makes it fast to the cable - he reeves the jeer-fall through it - the jeer-fall is brought to the capstan, with the standing part belayed to the bitts.
1.1(in knot-tying) the main part of the rope as opposed to the free end.
Example sentencesExamples
Instead, have a doubled piece of whipping twine handy and after pulling the tag end of the mono down between the two standing parts, as it were, make a half-hitch around them with the length of whipping twine to jam the tag end in place.