downhauls

I had scarcely opened my mouth to issue the necessary commands, when eager men were springing to halyards and downhauls, and others were racing aloft.

Chapter 19 2010

No sooner, too, had the hands jumped into the rigging and the studdingsail halliards and tacks been cast off by the watch on deck and the downhauls and sheets manned, than the "first luff," pitching his voice to yet a higher key, sang out in rapid sequence, "Topmast stu'ns'l downhaul -- haul taut -- clew up -- all down!"

Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene

I had scarcely opened my mouth to issue the necessary commands, when eager men were springing to halyards and downhauls, and others were racing aloft.

Chapter 19 1904

And such a tangle -- halyards, sheets, guys, downhauls, shrouds, stays, all washed about and back and forth and through, and twined and knotted by the sea.

Chapter 34 1904

Me runnin 'around this deck taggin' gool on halyards, lifts, sheets, and downhauls, and them hoss-marines follerin 'me up.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

The mate was bawling for all hands to shorten sail, and Mayo took his place with the toilers, who were manning sheets and downhauls.

Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

I had scarcely opened my mouth to issue the necessary commands, when eager men were springing to halyards and downhauls, and others were racing aloft.

The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896

Next I caused all fore-and-aft canvas to be loosed, all downhauls cast off, and all halyards ready for hoisting away at a moment's notice; and when these orders had been duly executed it seemed to me that we had done everything that was possible.

Turned Adrift Harry Collingwood 1886

Man the jib and staysail downhauls, let go the halliards, haul down.

The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba Harry Collingwood 1886

Let go the main-royal and to'gallant and the mizzen-topmast staysail halliards, and man the downhauls; then you can stow the sails, as you work your way down.

The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Harry Collingwood 1886