WordNet
towing rope
n. (nautical) a rope used in towing [syn: towline, towrope, towing line]
Usage examples of "towing rope".
Passing our table, he looked back at Nasso and then down at the appetizers.
Marcus Rufus, the quaestor, pursued him with twelve ships, which Curio had brought from Sicily as convoy to the merchantmen, and seeing a ship left on the shore, he brought her off by a towing rope, and returned with his fleet to Curio.