downhaul

English

Etymology

From down- +‎ haul.

Noun

downhaul (plural downhauls)

  1. (nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.
    • 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI:
      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.

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