Painter (rope)
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A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up or for towing.
Ideally, the length of the painter should be no longer than the length of the boat, especially on small craft, to prevent fouling the propeller of an outboard engine.
Example usage from Alexander McCall Smith's Love Over Scotland, published in 2006 by Polygon in Edinburgh:
Henry held Domenica's hand as she stepped gingerly into the boat. Then he himself boarded, whipped the small outboard engine into life, and untied the boat's painter. In the heavy, mist-laden air, the engine was almost inaudible, like the purring of a cat.
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