Usually means: Control line to tension sail.
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  1. downhaul: Merriam-Webster
  2. downhaul: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. downhaul: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. downhaul: Collins English Dictionary
  5. downhaul: Wordnik
  6. downhaul: Wiktionary
  7. downhaul: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. downhaul: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Downhaul, downhaul: Dictionary.com
  10. Downhaul: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Downhaul: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. downhaul: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Downhaul: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. downhaul: FreeDictionary.org
  15. downhaul: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. downhaul: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Downhaul: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (downhaul)

▸ noun:  (nautical) Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.

Similar:
knockdown, downsweep, downstrike, dismastment, lightening, downshift, downlead, throwdown, unhooking, heave-ho, more...

Types:
outhaul, guyline, halyard, forestay, backstay, sheet, more...

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Similar:
knockdown, downsweep, downstrike, dismastment, lightening, downshift, downlead, throwdown, unhooking, heave-ho, more...

Types:
outhaul, guyline, halyard, forestay, backstay, sheet, more...



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