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Towing

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Towing 

(in water transportation), the transporting of a nonself-propelled vessel or other floating object (such as rafts, docks, or cranes) by a tugboat or, less frequently, by land-based means of transportation. Towing can be accomplished in a number of ways: by means of a towline, when the towing vessel pulls in its wake one or more objects either lined up one behind the other or joined at the sides to form a unit (sometimes these two arrangements are combined); or by mooring the towed object to the tugboat or, if the towed object is attached to the front of the towing boat, pushing it. In rivers with strong currents, the tugboat sometimes uses the following technique: it pulls through its winch a towline or chain that has been laid on the river bottom parallel to the ship’s movement. When the ship is moving close to the shore (mainly in canals), towing may be done by means of a locomotive or other means of transportation.

B. P. KHABUR and E. G. LOGVINOVICH
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An interval passed and the boats were in plain sight, in the act of being dragged right towards the ship by the towing whale.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
The boats, in general, had to be propelled by oars and setting poles, or drawn by the hand and by grappling hooks from one root or overhanging tree to another; or towed by the long cordelle, or towing line, where the shores were sufficiently clear of woods and thickets to permit the men to pass along the banks.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
A man, knee-deep near the towing path, shouted inaudibly to me and pointed.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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