Crossword clues for towline
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Towline \Tow"line`\, n. [AS. tohline. See Tow, v. t., and Line. ] (Naut.) A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.
Wiktionary
n. A line or rope used for towing a vehicle.
WordNet
n. (nautical) a rope used in towing [syn: towrope, towing line, towing rope]
Usage examples of "towline".
Towline and pole, paddle and tumpline, rapids and portages--such tortures served to give the one a deep disgust for great hazards, and printed for the other a fiery text on the true romance of adventure.
It would have been easy for them to ditch the diving gear and climb back aboard on the offboard side just before the towline tightened.
Spellbound, she forgot about safety lines and towlines, for she saw a multibranched lightning tree etch itself between stars.
At the Great Bear, overcome by the common dread of the Unknown Lands, their voyageurs began to desert, and Fort of Good Hope saw the last and bravest bending to the towlines as they bucked the current down which they had so treacherously glided.
This seemed to be the general opinion aboard the flagship, and talk died away entirely, to revive some minutes later in laughter and applause as the Surprise, racing towards destruction under a great spread of canvas, put her helm alee, hauled on an unseen spring leading from her larboard cathead to the towline, and spun about like a cutter.
When Anakin's steering arm snapped, the Dug's Pod shot forward as if catapulted, collapsing the towlines, sending the engines screaming out of control.
The surge and pull of the towline had his stomach upset within a mile.