A rope fastened to a vessel or wharf, and used to tow a boat by; or to haul it out to the swing-boom-end, when in port.
Intambo efaselelwe kwinqanawa okanye eyothulwa umthwalo edla ngoku layisha isikhephe, isintsalele ngaphandle apho kothulwa khona xa isesikhululweni.