noun
- a rope or tackle used to haul in or pull something closer, especially a sail or boom on a ship
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The crew used the inhauler to bring the jib sail closer to the mast.
- He pulled on the inhauler to adjust the boom’s position.
- The inhauler snapped under the strain of the heavy wind.
- She secured the inhauler to the cleat after trimming the sail.
- The captain ordered the sailors to ease the inhauler gradually.
- Without a proper inhauler, controlling the sail became difficult.