A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
To suffer griping pains.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
To annoy or bother.
To complain; to whine.
A rope or cable used in towing.
The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line).
Something, such as a barge, that is towed.
The act of towing and the condition of being towed.
Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.
A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.
An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.
To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.