Heel Rope

Cause not known -- the heel-rope I thought at first; but on investigation I found the heel-rope had been on the other leg. ❋ Harry Caulton Reeks (N/A)

'Well said, for there is a bond and a heel-rope [peecharee] between us now that nothing can break. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

Never was colt held on a lighter heel-rope than thou. ' ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

In climbing [431] palm trees to tap them for their juice the worker uses a heel-rope, by which his feet are tied closely together. ❋ Robert Vane Russell (1894)

Needham hurried aloft, and while the midshipmen hauled on the heel-rope of the topmast -- the shrouds and stays being slacked -- he tugged away at the fid. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

So we went out into darkness already jeweled by a hundred lanterns, dodged under the necks of three hungry Bactrian camels (they are irritable when they want their meal), were narrowly missed by a mule's heels because of the deceptive shadows that confused his aim, tripped over a donkey's heel-rope, and found our stairway -- thoroughly well cursed in seven languages, and only just missed by a Georgian gentleman on the balcony, who chose the moment of our passing underneath to empty out hissing liquid from his cooking pot. ❋ Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 (1920)

Never was colt held on a lighter heel-rope than thou.’ ❋ Unknown (2003)