1) Rope 
• (n.) A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.
Pro·longe' noun [ French See Prolong .] (Field Artillery) A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes. 
[n] - a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage
noun a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage
a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.