Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Standing part}. (Naut.)
      (a) That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block,
          point, or other object.
      (b) That part of a rope around which turns are taken with
          the running part in making a knot of the like.

   {Standing rigging} (Naut.), the cordage or rope which sustain
      the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the
      shrouds and stays, -- distinguished from {running
      rigging}.