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Downhaul

Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar.

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knockdownnoun	An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
downsweepnoun	A downward sweep or curve.
downstrikenoun	A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
dismastmentnoun	The loss or removal of a ship's mast.
lighteningnoun	The act or result of making something light or lighter.
downshiftnoun	A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
downleadnoun	The line or lines bringing signals from a receiving antenna to a receiver.
throwdownnoun	(slang) A fight or brawl; or, a challenge or incitement to fight.
unhookingverb	The removal of or from a hook.
heave-hoverb	(informal) To pull forcefully.
downswingnoun	The portion of any movement along an arc or curve, heading in a lower direction.
rappelnoun	Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.
downthrownoun	(geology) A depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault.
takedownnoun	Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.
downcomenoun	A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
unladingnoun	The removal of cargo from a vessel.
undockingnoun	The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock.
derailingnoun	The act by which something is derailed.
dismastingnoun	The act by which a ship is dismasted.
downweightingnoun	The process by which something is downweighted.

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