outhaul

American  

[out-hawl] / ˈaʊtˌhɔl /

noun

Nautical.

1. a rope used for hauling out a sail on a boom, yard, etc.

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outhaul British  

/ ˈaʊtˌhɔːl /

noun

1. Also: outhauler.  nautical a line or cable for tightening the foot of a sail by hauling the clew out along the boom or yard

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Etymology

Origin of outhaul

First recorded in 1830–40; out- + haul

Example Sentences

Anyone who knows the difference between windward and leeward but not between a boom vang and an outhaul feels apprehensive.

From Time Magazine Archive

For, as a horse can pull more than it can carry, so a trailer pulled by a motor in a cab can outhaul a truck.

From Time Magazine Archive

The spanker is sheeted home not by a sheet, but by an "outhaul," and kept in position not by a "brace," but by the "sheet," and thereby differs from the square sails.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by Elverson, James

And as I spoke I made a dash at the trysail brails, cast them off, and proceeded to drag upon the fall of the outhaul tackle.

From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.

The outhaul was run out on the deck, and manned by all the hands that could get hold of it.

From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver