outhaulern.
/ˈaʊthɔːlə/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌ(h)ɔlər/, /ˈaʊtˌ(h)ɑlər/ Nautical.
A rope or line for hauling out; spec.: (a) = outhaul n.; (b) a rope for hauling a net to the surface of the water (rare).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope for hauling net from water
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > inhaul or outhaul
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1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §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.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 170 Outhauler. A rope made fast to the tack of the jib, to haul it out by.
1836 J. F. Cooper Homeward Bound II. xi. 152 The out-hauler was bent, the boom replaced, the sail being hoisted with a little and a hurried lacing to the luff.
1848 J. F. Cooper Capt. Spike I. i. 28 To loosen this broad sheet of canvas, and to clap on the out-hauler, to set it.
1890 Cent. Dict. at Outhauler A line or rope used to haul a net up to the surface of the water.
1955 C. N. Longridge Anat. Nelson's Ships ii. xv. 235 The outhauler reeves through a sheave just aft of the necking of the flying jibboom; it is a 3½-in. rope.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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