cod-line

I fathomed it easily with a cod-line and a stone weighing about a pound and a half, and could tell accurately when the stone left the bottom, by having to pull so much harder before the water got underneath to help me.

Walden 2004

There are plenty of hooks on board the "Balaklava," and unfortunately only one cod-line; but what with the deep-sea lead-and-line, and a roll of blue cord, with a spike for a sinker, and the hooks, we are soon in the midst of excitement.

Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

A small knob is screwed into the inner end of each batten, and a cod-line provided, with a loop in each end, somewhat longer than the width across the transom.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

All the morning they had toiled against the current, sometimes poling, sometimes "tracking" by means of a sixty-foot cod-line.

The Silent Places 1904

I found my luncheon ready on the table in the little entry, wrapped in its shining old homespun napkin; and as if by way of special consolation, there was a stone bottle of Mrs. Todd's best spruce beer, with a long piece of cod-line wound round it, by which it could be lowered, for coolness, into the deep schoolhouse well.

A Dunnet Shepherdess 1899

He's got two or three fresh codfish, and here's his cod-line of rawhide -- with bone sinkers.

The Young Alaskans Emerson Hough 1890

In a few minutes Rob, having found a longish pole in the grass near by, had hurriedly bound with a piece of cod-line the three large hooks at the end so that they made a gang or gaff.

The Young Alaskans Emerson Hough 1890

They set up a mast through an opening in one of the thwarts, passed through a hole in its top a cord the size of a cod-line, fastened this to the stern of the boat, and leaped ashore with the free end.

Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

Ben bridled the horse after some difficulty, Reddy drew out from its hiding-place a whip made by tying a piece of cod-line to an alder branch, and Toby was about to mount, when Joe Robinson came in sight.

Mr. Stubbs's Brother A Sequel to 'Toby Tyler' James Otis 1880

"Jest get him to trottin 'once, an' then you can tell what he's good for," suggested Reddy, anxious to try the effect of his whip; and, without waiting for the rider's permission, he lashed the unfortunate animal with the cod-line until he succeeded in rousing him thoroughly.

Mr. Stubbs's Brother A Sequel to 'Toby Tyler' James Otis 1880