Downhaul
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Downhaul is a noun meaning (nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
Meaning
(nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- downhauls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include knockdown, downsweep, downstrike, dismastment, lightening, downshift.
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