A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.
A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
A long draught from a drink.
Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.