downhaul

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downhaul - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Downhaul \Down"haul`\ (doun"h[add]l`), n. (Naut.)
     A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail;
     as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
     [1913 Webster]