inhaul

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A line for bringing a spar inboard: applied to the brails of a spanker, in distinction from the outhaul, which spreads the sail by hauling the head out to the gaff-end.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Naut.) A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun nautical A rope used to haul in the clew of a sail, or a jib boom