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Looking for sentences and phrases with the word downhaul? Here are some examples.
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Sentence Examples
| The sailor merrily trotted off to go and do something else, possibly ease a downhaul or help set a sail. |
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| Each sail has a halyard, downhaul and port and starboard sheets, and the eight square sails have three or four buntlines and two clewlines apiece. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
| This did not matter, because he knew they must secure the sail before the tornado broke, and he pulled at the downhaul. |
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| Let go the halyards and haul on the downhaul, and the yard will be brought close down to the royal yard. |
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| Lower away handsomely on the halyards, hauling down on the sheet and downhaul. |
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| Reeve the downhaul up through the hanks and make it fast to the head of the sail. |
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| I told him about my fleet and assured him that the Dacron braid was a downhaul that would be coming home with me in a few weeks. |
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| Haul out on the downhaul, hoisting and lowering on the halyards. |
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| Haul aboard by the downhaul, hoisting clear by the halyards. |
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| Small sized vessels have no downhaul to the topgallant studdingsails. |
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| To hoist it, let go the downhaul and royal stay, and haul on the halyards. |
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| The 14-foot Laser rig may be one of the simplest in the Olympic line-up with only an outhaul, downhaul and kicker to manipulate the 76-sq ft sail. |
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