towline
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of towline
1710–20; tow 1 + line 1; compare Old English tohlīne ( tow 3 )
Example Sentences
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An attempt to tow the ship with tugboats into open ocean ended when a towline snapped late Monday, Port Authority chief executive Philip Holliday said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2022
When they got close enough to the rig’s snapped emergency towline, he would throw the hook.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2014
We were waiting for the towline to be attached to lift us and take us back to the mother ship.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2013
The photo in question is too fuzzy to show pilot or motor or a towline or Whitehead, and could easily be a glider.
From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2013
It was considered too dangerous because of the possibility of the towline becoming tangled in the Hunley’s propeller, or because the “torpedo” could drift and slam into the Hunley instead of the enemy vessel.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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