A messenger is used instead of a heaving line to pass the heavier hawsers between ships, or ship and shore, as it is made of heavier stuff.
Isidlulisi-myalezo sisetyenziswa endaweni yokuhlisa unyusa intambo ukuze idlule kwintambo ezinkulu zentsimbi eziphakathi kweenqanawa, okanye kwenqanawa nonxweme, nanjengokuba senziwa ngezinto ezinzima.