towline
/toh-lahyn/US // ˈtoʊˌlaɪn //UK // (ˈtəʊˌlaɪn) //
牵引线,拖线,拖曳线,牵引绳
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a line, hawser, or the like, by which anything is or may be towed.
Examples
A couple of fairish paddles were chipped out of bits of driftwood, and a towline a hundred feet long was made of lariats.
I'm captain at this end of the towline, and I swear he shall go in.
The combination always reminds me of a rather stylish tug-boat with its towline attached to a scow on a mud-flat.
The Champion was coming, and he swam into her path, barely missing a clutch at the steel towline whizzing past him.
We had seven canines—three pairs and a leader—pulling upon a deerskin towline fastened to a thole-pin.
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