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ˈoutˌhauler Naut.
[out- 8.]
A rope or line for hauling out: esp.a. = prec.b. ‘A line or rope used to haul a net up to the surface of the water’ (Cent. Dict.).
1793Smeaton Edystone L. §231 By neglecting to belay the tackle-fall of the out-hawler Guy, the shears came down flat upon the rock in the midst of the men. 1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 170 Outhauler. A rope made fast to the tack of the jib, to haul it out by. 1848J. F. Cooper Capt. Spike i. I. 28 To loosen this broad sheet of canvas, and to clap on the out-hauler, to set it. |