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Downhaul

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.

    "The only sail that is wholly ours is the spanker. They control absolutely--sheets, halyards, clewlines, buntlines, braces, and down-hauls--every sail on the fore and main. We control the braces on the mizzen, although they control the canvas on the mizzen."

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From down- + haul.

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