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outhaul
outhaul, a line or purchase by which a sail is hauled outboard along a spar. Aboard a square-rigged ship the studding sails and their booms were hauled out along the yards by means of outhauls. On old-fashioned yachts with long bowsprits, the tack of the jib was hooked onto a traveller, which was then hauled towards the outer, or crance end, of the bowsprit by the outhaul.
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"outhaul." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "outhaul." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-outhaul.html "outhaul." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-outhaul.html |
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outhaul
outhaul n. a rope used to haul out the clew of a boom sail or the tack of a jib.
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"outhaul." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "outhaul." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-outhaul.html "outhaul." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-outhaul.html |
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