downhaul en · NOUN
Etymology
From down- + haul.
Meanings
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Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen.
1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| downhauls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Translations (3)
fi neerhaalari (rope used to haul down sail or spar) · it alabbasso (rope used to haul down sail or spar) · fi alasvetäjä (rope used to haul down sail or spar)