halliard

A noun referring to a rope used for hoisting or lowering a sail or flag.

• 🇩🇪Tau oder Leine, mit der ein Segel oder eine Flagge gehisst oder niedergeholt wird.

1. Nautical rope C1 formal

   A rope or line used on a ship to hoist or lower sails, flags, or yards.

   • The sailor pulled the halliard to raise the mainsail.
   • He secured the halliard to the cleat after hoisting the flag.
   • The halliard snapped under the strain of the heavy sail.

   🇩🇪Fall

   Synonyme: halyard

• halliards plural form
• halliards' possessive plural form
• halliard's possessive singular form