1827  (1912)  [We] dry the main line as well as we can first by the sun and afterwards by the fire.
1892  (1948)  Six men drew the boat along, a stout leather band passing around the chest and being attached to the main line. The latter was about two hundred feet long and the boat was drawn along the stream at quite a distance from the shore.
1941  Main Line. The large Manilla rope by which York Boats were taken upstream.