halliard
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"I think so, with the aid of the halliard."
From The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island by Finlay, Roger Thompson
The yard of the main-topsail was cut in sunder, and the peak halliard of the spanker severed, and the peak came down with a run.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"Hoist away!" ordered the lieutenant, himself giving a hand on the halliard.
From The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep by Durham, Victor G.
Not a sound was to be heard except the mournful hum of the distant threshing machine, but a peculiar clicking, like the halliard of a flagstaff in a breeze, suddenly caught my ear.
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman
The mate, aroused by the example of the chief, rendered a “Tops’l halliard shanty,” “Blow, Bullies, Blow.”
From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)
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