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towrope

[′tō‚rōp]
(naval architecture)
A hawser of either fiber or wire used for towing a vessel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"I love to ride, but before I go out, I check my equipment." Jacob always checks his board, vest, and towrope to make sure they are not torn or knotted.
I hooked Dad's bow onto the towrope and began the climb to the top.
Ceremonial Flight Wingtip to wingtip, tiled arrow of arrows, they shriek as one beast rearing at the sun, then fan out to possess the sky and slice it into segments, which they would haul to earth using each puffed white contrail as a towrope and serve up steaming to the airshow crowd-- would if they could, these six young warrior pilots invited upward as dust on the air or milk drops threading through a glass of water, refracting stealthy rays that will engulf them in a harsh light that cannot be contained in any one cockpit or hemisphere.
The knife and scissors cut the towrope successfully in the time allotted for all 29 subjects.
Chester Chain Company supplied the towrope, Anwyl Construction provided hi-vis jackets and Denbigh's Emyr Evans the tractor.
A list of winter car kit essentials includes: mobile phone, torch, first-aid kit, blankets, towrope, warm coat and boots, jump leads, shovel, warning triangle and an old sack or rug, or a bag of cat litter, in case you become stuck on snowy roads and need extra tyre traction.
Police think Walker, who had a conviction for ABH after he tried to strangle his ex-wife, choked nine-year-old Stacey with a towrope and may have sexually abused her before hanging himself from a nearby tree.
employees put a Model T frame on skids, hitched a towrope to the front end and pulled the frame along until axles and wheels were put on.
We watched eyes-wide as he ran in, presumably to unhook the towrope. Instead, the dude hopped behind the wheel of the tow truck and started pulling the burning vehicle (which was now fueling a bonfire some 20-feet in height) up the dirt road right beside where our rental vans were parked.
A DRUM kit, bird-scarer, cuddly toy and a towrope are among some of the more unusual stolen goods going under the hammer for charity.
Symbolically the voices at a powhiri can represent the towrope of a canoe, dragging the visitors to dry, safe ground.
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