Definitions for towlines

towlines tow·line

Spelling: [toh-lahyn]
IPA: /ˈtoʊˌlaɪn/

Towlines is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 398 anagrams from letters in towlines (eilnostw).

Definitions for towlines

noun

  1. a line, hawser, or the like, by which anything is or may be towed.

Origin of towlines

1710-20; tow1 + line1; compare Old English tohlīne (see tow3)

Examples for towlines

Ought they to cut the towline, get up a bit of a sail, and endeavor to make the north shore of the lake?

At the end of the towline we nosed along in perfect complacency.

He forgot that he was attached by the left shoulder to the towline.

At the same moment, he cut the towline and ordered the men on the cutter to return and capture the guard near the Southfield.

In the darkness, and the further obscurity caused by the flying water, the bowsprit had fouled the towline.

I'm captain at this end of the towline, and I swear he shall go in.

Ought they to cut the towline, throw out the inside ballast, and cut away the mast to ease the straining at the seams?

Far from guessing that the towline had snapped, she was not aware that there was one.

A couple of fairish paddles were chipped out of bits of driftwood, and a towline a hundred feet long was made of lariats.

The combination always reminds me of a rather stylish tug-boat with its towline attached to a scow on a mud-flat.

Word Value for towlines
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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