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Nautical line
Answer for the clue "Nautical line ", 7 letters:
towrope
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Word definitions for towrope in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (nautical) a rope used in towing [syn: towline , towing line , towing rope ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A rope or cable used for towing heavy objects.
Usage examples of towrope.
When the boat was about two hundred yards from the bank, the men in the towboat threw torches onto the pyre, and cut the towrope, then turned back towards the bank.
And because they could see no other way out, they went back to hauling at the towrope, trying not to glance back or think of the fuel seeping out of the pipe line.
Her decks had been soaked with oil, and as the towropes were cast off and the galleys pulled away, the small round figure of the harbor master rose from the seat of the dinghy that had rowed him out.