(n.) A rope to haul down or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "downhaul" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/downhaul/definitions/2000271> |