towlines

Mitchell had decided that the boats, until then joined together with towlines, had a better chance of survival if they separated, since they could make better time unconstrained by each other.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

Rig towlines and use the horses to pull one of the cars enough to make a gap.

Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010

Mitchell had decided that the boats, until then joined together with towlines, had a better chance of survival if they separated, since they could make better time unconstrained by each other.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

Their task: attach towlines to pull the Cougar Ace into the Bering Sea.

Excerpts from Captain Rich Habib's Journal 2008

Their task: attach towlines to pull the Cougar Ace into the Bering Sea.

Excerpts from Captain Rich Habib's Journal By Joshua Davis 2008

Causes of death have also included strangulation in towlines, internal hemorrhaging after being gouged by a sled, liver injury, heart failure, and pneumonia.

Tennessean Runs Iditarod Divers 2008

Causes of death have also included strangulation in towlines, internal hemorrhaging after being gouged by a sled, liver injury, heart failure, and pneumonia.

Sites that Caught My Eye Today 04/17/2008 2008

It brought us into the midst of the punts and houseboats that were being towed, their towlines stretched across our path like so many tripwires.

To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997

And we whipped them with the wet towlines until they really cried.

The Crew of the Whirlwind 1996

Recent history provides sufficient proof of this - for example, the sinking of Marina City (2127), the collapse of the Tycho B dome (2098), the escape of the Arabian iceberg from its towlines (2062) and the melting of the Thor reactor (2009).

The Fountains of Paradise Clarke, Arthur C. 1979