halliard
Britishnoun
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Remains of the raft were discovered, and Nina shrieked with joy at sight of the ship’s flag, hardly damaged, lying on its halliard alongside the broken topmast.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
Although its musical form is that of a halliard shanty, it was always used for the capstan.
From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Richard Runciman Terry
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 William John Hopkins
Then, catching a turn of the main-sheet round a cleat, I jumped forward again to where the two seamen were dragging desperately at the halliard which hoisted the heavy sail.
From A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy by Edward S. Hodgson
He had put Herbert at the helm, posting himself in the bows, inspecting the water, whilst he held the halliard in his hand, ready to lower the sail at a moment's notice.
From Abandoned by Jules Verne
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