tail-rope

Shod with crampons, the rear of the sledge secured by a tail-rope, we had a trying afternoon guiding the load along the narrow ridges of ice with precipices on either hand.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

The man on the tail-rope, usually Whetter, found it very difficult to keep his feet, and, after a score of falls in stinging drift with incidental frost-bites on fingers and cheeks, he did not feel exactly cheerful.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

The bow-rope and tail-rope were then manipulated alternately until the bow of the sledge was manoeuvred slowly through the gaping hole in the snow-lid and was finally hauled up on to level ground.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

The cone-shaped construction of drums, -- this latter being now largely displaced by the use of the tail-rope.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

Here the snow was soft and drifted, and Billy ran behind, hanging to the tail-rope to keep the sledge from leaving him if the dogs should develop an unexpected spurt.

Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail James Oliver Curwood 1903

Crew members Clayton Walters (left) set the hook and he and Vince Ciampa helped heave the fish into the boat with a flying gaff and a tail-rope.

Corpus Christi Caller Times Stories 2010

With the help of a flying gaff and a tail-rope, Clark, Walters and Vince Ciampa heaved the

Corpus Christi Caller Times Stories 2010

Crew members Clayton Walters (left) set the hook and he and Vince Ciampa helped heave the fish into the boat with a flying gaff and a tail-rope.

Corpus Christi Caller Times Stories 2010

With the help of a flying gaff and a tail-rope, Clark, Walters and Vince Ciampa heaved the

Corpus Christi Caller Times Stories 2010