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halliard

/ ˈhæljəd /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of halyard


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Example Sentences

It was quite a heavy pull, but they all tallied on to a halliard at a time and got peak and throat up by stages.

Not yet am I ready to weigh anchor, and reeve halliard, and turn my prow over the watery paths of the wine-brown Deeps.

Bennie D. had dropped the halliard and was leaning over the rail screaming for help.

I watched him climb by his ladder, and saw him haul it up after him, and he brought up the halliard as well.

We coiled the halliard under the brush on the cliff-top, as Duran had left it, and picked our way to the cavern entry-hall.

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