towline †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a strong line or rope used in tracking (def. 1).

Quotations

1796

They used great exertion in poling and drawing with a tow line and pushing the boat. . . .

1958

By October these had reached the Copper River and were engaged in an upstream struggle with poling-boat and towline.