gantline

noun

1. A line rigged to a mast, used to hoist rigging.

   “A moment later, I saw the man's head appear over the top. He had the tail-block slung round his neck, and the end of the gantline over his shoulder.”

   “He drew deep breath; a gantline swayed aloft A lower topsail, hard with rope and leather, Such as men's frozen fingers fight with oft Below the Ramirez in Cape Hom weather.”

   ““Now then — to the main topsail now! Tally on to that gantline. Don't stand about there!””