bowse

An obsolete verb meaning to haul or pull, especially used in nautical contexts for hauling on a rope or tackle.

• 🇪🇸Verbo anticuado que significa tirar o arrastrar algo, especialmente usado en contexto marino para tensar un cabo o aparejo.

1. Haul with a tackle C2 formal

   To pull or hoist something, especially a heavy object, using a system of ropes and pulleys (a tackle).

   • The sailors had to bowse the anchor up from the seabed.
   • They used a winch to bowse the cargo onto the deck.
   • The crew worked together to bowse the heavy net aboard.

   🇪🇸Izarbar con aparejo

   Sinónimos: haulheavehoistpullraisewinch