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Think this: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhvlxGTfYXo/TYLtUko9fwI/AAAAAAAAA2... -- toe on a line is easy to imagine.

Instead of this: http://www.glossophilia.org/wp-content/uploads/towline.jpg -- towing an oceanliner? Does that make any sense?