- a variation of halyard.
halliard
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Mr. Long may be after us soon, and we must get along as fast as we can," said she, as she took the throat halliard, and gave the peak to Kate.
From Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People by Optic, Oliver
She was under boom-foresail and one little jib, with her mainmast broken short off where the bolts of the halliard blocks had traversed it.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold
A few ropes were cut away, but no serious damage was effected until a shot struck one of the halliard blocks of the spanker, and the sail at once ran down.
From When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"I think so, with the aid of the halliard."
From The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island by Finlay, Roger Thompson
And, still holding on carefully, she pulled on the halliard with her free hand, until the boatswain's chair was far enough down again to go down of its own weight.
From The Clammer and the Submarine by Hopkins, William John
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