halyard

Noun

Meaning

a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

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This husband of yours, he'd rather have his wife a- Rather, have her-” Halyard cleared his throat- "than go into public relations?” "I'm proud to say,” said the girl, "that he's one of the few men on earth with a little self-respect left. Kurt Vonnegut

By twitching your end of the spare halyard and the retrieval line with a bit of creative body English, you should eventually be able to get the noose around the end of the lost halyard. Source: Internet

Next, use the spare halyard to hoist the noose aloft into close proximity with the end of the lost halyard. Source: Internet

This is an improvement over the GL 500’s long stainless bow roller (originally, the GL 500 had an anchoring system that had to be deployed from the anchor locker with a halyard, which made no sense at all. Source: Internet

The Worker's League nominated Helen Halyard for President; she was the party's nominee for Vice President in 1984 and 1988. Source: Internet

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