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  • noun nautical A downhaul located at the tack of a sail used for tightening the luff.

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  • A cunningham is a line on a sailboat from the tack of the mainsail to a cleat at the base of the mast.

    January 8, 2010

  • Clever pigs make cunning hams.

    January 9, 2010

  • Hah!

    *grunt*

    January 9, 2010