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hauler-head
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a hand- or machine-operated winch that winds fishing line on a drum as fish are hauled in.
See: gurdy
Quotations
1945
Morrill had a hauler-head installed in the bow of his boat and had it geared to his engine. The hauler-head is a wooden cylinder, about six inches in diameter, which revolves when in use.