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The tow-ball is popular for lighter loads, readily allowing swivelling and articulation of a trailer. A tow pin and jaw with a trailer loop are often used for large or agricultural vehicles where slack in the pivot pin allows the same movements. A pintle and lunette is a very heavy duty hitching combination used in construction and the military.
Caulking tools with tow. In the textile industry, a tow (or hards) is a coarse, broken fibre, removed during processing flax, hemp, or jute [1] and separated from the shives. Flax tows are often used as upholstery stuffing and oakum. Tows in general are frequently cut up to produce staple fibre.
A towpath in use on the Finow Canal in Germany People towing a vessel in the Netherlands in 1931 Mules pulling a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal A roving bridge on the English Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The towpath changes to the other side of the canal but the horse does not have to be unhitched.
"Toe the line" is often misspelled "tow the line", substituting a familiar verb "tow" for the unfamiliar verbal use of "toe." "Tow" does not accord with any of the proposed etymologies, so "tow the line" is a linguistic eggcorn. [13] [14]
The word Kowtow is derived from 叩頭 / 叩头 (Jyutping: kau3 tau4; pinyin: kòutóu).An alternative Chinese term is 磕頭 / 磕头 (pinyin: kētóu; Jyutping: hap6 tau4); however, the meaning is somewhat altered: 叩 has the general meaning of knock, whereas 磕 has the general meaning of "touch upon (a surface)", 頭 / 头 meaning head.
A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America [1]) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation of a trailer , or a tow pin, or a tow hook with a trailer loop, often used for large or agricultural vehicles ...
A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, ...
Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress Safety dinghy, yacht tender. A dinghy [2] is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. [3] Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor.