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Definition of Towing
1. tow [v] - See also: tow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Towing
Literary usage of Towing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Digest of English Case Law: Containing the Reported Decisions of the by John Mews (1898)
"A mandamus recited that B. was seised in fee of an ancient towing-path, on a part
of the river, and to the exclusive right of towing barges at that part, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield, Robert Gould Street (1913)
"Repair of towing-path, and fencing canal.— The towing-path of a canal is a public
highway, but only for the purposes for which it was made.12 The ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"Discusses government projects for river improvement, cost of towing on long and
short hauls, ... 60722 A. Experiments with towing Barges in Canal Sections ..."
4. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"The appellants are the owners and occupiers of a canal, towing-path and premises,
a portion of which is situate in the parish of Neath. ..."
5. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"154, the trustees made bye-laws, providing that no person should allow any horse
or cattle to trespass on the towing-paths. The defendant bought his ..."
6. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"In 1767, the trustees made a new cut, altering the course of the river, and
adapted the towing-path to the alteration. Under powers of the Act, ..."
7. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1917)
"It is evident that where a large ship is towing a small one, ... There may, of
course, be cases where the towing vessel is the proper one to let go, ..."
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