1. To haul by a rope or chain, for example, to haul a disabled ship by another vessel or an automotive vehicle by another vehicle.

2. To propel by pushing, as a tugboat piloting a ship.

1. The broken, short, matted fiber that is removed during separation of long fibers of flax, hemp, or jute,

2. A large number of continuous filaments collected in ropelike form without a definite twist.

3. The coarsest linen yarns used to make crash.