The aloft working bodies will be operated to maintain useful tension even while the ship is moving.
The unwind is either braked or driven to maintain accurate tension in the material.
But it is good, and there is no reason for White to maintain tension on the c line.
Some winches have a "stripper" or cleat to maintain tension.
His line did not go slack, for Pacifa's counterweight maintained tension.
Each machine was monitored by one technician, who had to hold a pencil within each loop to maintain tension.
It is useful when the length of a line will need to be periodically adjusted in order to maintain tension.
It feels like work to you, because muscles use energy just to maintain tension, but the work is not being done on the weight.
This helps maintain uniform tension in each panel of the sail.
Yet it is difficult to maintain hard-wired tension throughout the length of a novel.