halyard

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The pumpkin being duly pierced, one free end of the halyard was passed through the hole.

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  1. noun Nautical A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, or yard.

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  • So it remained while we were singing; and during the prayer which followed; and when I gave out my text (Gen. 28:19), “He called the name of that place Bethel,” Sam pulled the halyard, and the flag, some eighteen or twenty feet long, 'flew out in all its grandeur. —  From Death into Life
  • The jib halyard is super thin line so he doubled it over a few times. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • With the mainsail we weren't prepared enough as the halyard wore and I wasn't able to repair it. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • 'Our staysail halyard is stuck fast in the middle of the mast and we are unable to take the sail down, 'he continues. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • "One is the throat, and the other is the peak-halyard We hoisted the sail, and I observed the use of the halyards, and how to manage and make them fast. —  Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk
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  1. Alteration (influenced by yard1) of Middle English halier, from halen, to pull; see hale2.
 

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