| 单词 |
tow-rope |
| 释义 |
tow-rope|ˈtəʊrəʊp| [f. tow v.1 + rope n.1] A rope (hawser, cable, or the like) used in towing.
1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 119 We called to them to take hold of a Towe-Rope, but they refused. 1801Jefferson Writ. (ed. Ford) VIII. 75 You will follow the bark of liberty only by the help of a tow-rope. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. viii, The tow-rope was slackened by a turn of the stream. Hence ˈtow-ˌroping, in railway-shunting, the drawing of a vehicle by an engine on a parallel line of rails by means of a rope connecting the two. An illegal practice. See propping vbl. n. 3 for quots. |

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