towing line

1. 1.

   (nautical) a rope used in towing

   Synonymstowlinetowropetowing rope

   Broaderline

   seafaring

Questions about towing line

What does towing line mean?

towing line means "(nautical) a rope used in towing".

What is another word for towing line?

Close synonyms include towline, towrope, towing rope. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is towing line a common word?

towing line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.