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

So saying, I hurried away forward, letting go the trysail outhaul and the main-topsail halliards on my way; passing next to the fore-topsail halliards, which I also let run.

From The Castaways by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

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