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Meaning of downhaul | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.

Equivalents

Suomi alasvetäjä neerhaalari
Italiano alabbasso

Examples

“The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Downhearted Downheartedly downheartedness Downhill downhill creep downhill ice cross

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