hawser

Pike payed out the hawser, the coxswain eased off the spring; away went the boat, and next moment Pike had Stanley by the hair.

The hawser was slipped as he spoke; the lifeboat was hauled slowly but steadily to windward up to her anchor.

The hawser was made into a loop around his body and the other end was tied around the mother.

He was pulled forward quite a distance, when the hawser broke and his fore-legs fell on the plank.

The situation was not so bad as we thought, however, as it was very easy to slip another hawser under him.