Chafing

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Chafing when used as a nautical term describes the process of wear on a line or sail caused by constant rubbing against a hard, usually metallic, surface. Various methods are used to prevent chafing. Chafing of lines that rest on a chock on a boat can be prevented by putting a protecting material (sometimes as simple as a piece of old garden hose) around the line. Chafing of a sail rubbing against a cable can be prevented on large ships by tying baggywrinkle around the cable.

In Australia, chafing is used as a reference to soreness from skin rubbing against skin. This is often bought about from sweating and also anal leakage. Chafing is common between the legs and also common between the buttocks for various persons who may experience some degree of anal leakage. An effective remedy to the pain of chafing is Paxyl.