"They've tied a coat or something to the flag halyard, and they're running it up and down," Jerry said.
"Us and the Bottleman"
Edith Ballinger Price
When the catboat came a little nearer we saw that there was only one man in it, and, sure enough, an old blue jersey was tied to the flag halyard.
"Us and the Bottleman"
Edith Ballinger Price
Then they tie both his legs together with a strong piece of cord, of the size of a halyard, and hang him by the feet to the middle of the swingin' rope, with his head downward.
"The Attache or, Sam Slick in England, Complete"
Thomas Chandler Haliburton