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Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; [1] "to drag along the keel") is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel , either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ...
There are a number of problems with this theory, however: firstly, two men would be insufficient to haul out a gun, which could weigh in excess of two and a half tons. Secondly, numbers two and six would be on the same side of the gun (even numbers being on one side and odd numbers on the other).
A travois (/ ˈ t r æ v w ɑː /; Canadian French, from French travail; also travoise or travoy) is an A-frame structure that was used to drag loads over land, most notably by the Plains Indians of North America. [1]
Bearing away from the wind so that the headsail is blanketed by the mainsail can make it easier to haul in the windward sheet. Alternatively, the vessel can simply be turned normally to tack through the wind, without freeing the jibsheet. [5] [1] [11] The mainsail should self-tack onto the other side, but the jib is held aback. Finally the ...
The miracles are reported as taking place years apart from each other, but in both miracles apostles are fishing unsuccessfully in the Sea of Galilee when Jesus tells them to try one more cast of the net, at which they are rewarded with a great catch (or "draught", as in "haul" or "weight"). Either is thus sometimes called a "miraculous draught ...
Tourists turn a capstan. The tensioned portion of the rope would fasten the ship to the quay, hoist a foresail, lift a spar into position on the mast or be used to transfer cargo to or from a dock or lighter.
In a campaign email Wednesday, former President Trump continued his post-conviction threats of revenge against his enemies by sharing the message “Haul out the Guillotine!” After being found ...
Men of the Terra Nova Expedition hauling sleds full of supplies. Manhauling or man-hauling is the pulling forward of sledges, trucks or other load-carrying vehicles by human power unaided by animals (e.g. huskies) or machines.