towrope
towline
hauling cable
hauling line

They took up the towrope once again and began the labor of dragging the hose to meet the ship.

It was then that I found the car towrope beside some wrenches and motor oil.

"They won't," he said, reaching back to check the towrope.

Hand over hand I went up the rope and the gig fell behind on its towrope.

"Darned towrope," Simon said as he fought with the zipper.

Below it, and to one side, lay, in a corner, the untidy coil of a towrope.

I dragged out the blue towrope, which reeked of petrol, and walked back towards the house.

To her surprise, when she finally arrived, Ashe was already there, and he had attached a towrope to her car.

Pitt took a towrope that was hanging from one wall and tied the ends to the handles on the gas cans.

In April 1955 he wake-surfed (no towrope) behind an ocean-going yacht.

But as underdogs, sitting forlornly at the end of a fraying towrope, we seemed to engage their better nature.

Mick drags her back by the towrope.

The pilot, Robert Lewis, died after his banner towrope became entangled in the steering mechanism.

They had fixed a towrope to the back of an old truck, and imported juggernaut tires for downhill tubing.

This time she used a second piece of flex and an oily towrope from the boot of the Datsun.

Pope eventually found that the small waves reeling off the stern had enough push to propel surfers without a towrope.

The gloved hands of The Shadow slid along the wet towrope as far as he could reach.

Dar grinned, and picked up the towrope.

Their work was done in moments, and the towrope tight- ened and jerked as they were hauled ahead.

"Got a towrope?

Here was a child's battered Flexible Flyer sled with the knotted towrope still draped over the steering bar.

With unmistakable threats and signs we made them not only keep quiet, but also give us much needed assistance in pulling vigorously on the towrope of our boat.

The ferry at Betty's Ford was totally gone, with not even a towrope or warming shack left to show where it had stood for almost two centuries.

It was the best he could manage with his wrists lashed behind a stunted juniper tree, his legs wound tight with towrope.

Then he turns and swims as hard as he can, dragging her by the towrope as he searches the hull for some kind of entry.

They fought free at the end of a towline and the next boat came after.

On 15 March, she made her final voyage at the end of a towline.

The target and towline were well forward of the beam.

She has spent four hours at the end of a towline looking straight down."

The stenographer read the question about the towline from the record.

Then he told his crew to tie a towline on the boat.

A towline was passed between the two ships, but it soon parted.

He grasped the towline and tugged himself toward the ship.

On 14 January, in sight of the first icebergs, the towline was cut.

Just then the towline snapped and there were some harsh words."

Another option is to thread a towline through it.

The crews struggled to pass a towline between them.

The boys hooked themselves together with their nylon towline.

Casey hardly waited until the last was on board before he called to the larger vessel for a towline.

Then the Oregon's shore launch pulled alongside and attached a towline.

The youth gave her a hopeful smile and leaned into the makeshift towline.

The towline was then "released", and he was left to pedal.

However, the sloop began taking on water, parted the towline, and sank some four hours later.

It was difficult to hang onto the sagging towline without being torn loose.

Hand over hand he pulled himself up the long slant of the towline.

The freed towline struck him a vicious thwack across the face.

The surge and pull of the towline had his stomach upset within a mile.

As the Giants pulled slowly on the towline of the tackle, the shaft continued to rise.

The dog or team of dogs can be attached to a towline to also pull the biker.

Standing in its bow, having just made fast the towline, I was pitched headfirst into the water.