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2. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   Tow hitch. A tow ball mounted on the rear of a vehicle. A screw-on tow hook mounted at the front of a vehicle. A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America [ 1]) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation ...

3. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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   Drawbar (haulage) Look up drawbar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A large ballast tractor pulling a load using a drawbar. General duty tow hitch from VBG on a truck and a drawbar on a trailer, showing a connected drawbar eye. Rockinger drawbar coupling, in which the drawbar eye gets locked. A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling ...

4. MOLLE - Wikipedia

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   MOLLE. Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈmɒl.liː / MOL-lee, [citation needed], is the current generation of load-bearing equipment and backpacks used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army. MOLLE uses the Pouch Attachment Ladder System (PALS) webbing ...

5. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

6. Mortise and tenon - Wikipedia

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   the tenon tongue. The tenon, formed on the end of a member generally referred to as a rail, fits into a square or rectangular hole cut into the other, corresponding member. The tenon is cut to fit the mortise hole exactly. It usually has shoulders that seat when the joint fully enters the mortise hole.

7. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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   A windlass is a machine used on ships that is used to let-out and heave-up equipment such as a ship's anchor or a fishing trawl. On some ships, it may be located in a specific room called the windlass room. An anchor windlass is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor chain on a boat, allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered by ...