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What (who) is alongside towing - definition
AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO TOW AERIAL TARGETS FOR GUNNERY AND AIR DEFENSE TRIALS AND TRAINING
Target towing; Target-towing; Target-tug; Air target towing
![An FR Aviation Services [[Dassault Falcon 20]] modified for target towing at the 2006 [[Royal International Air Tattoo]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dassault.falcon20.g-frak.arp.jpg?width=200 "An FR Aviation Services [[Dassault Falcon 20]] modified for target towing at the 2006 [[Royal International Air Tattoo]]")
![Manchester (Ringway Airport)]] in 1955](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fairey Firefly TT.1 SE-CAW Svensk Flyg RWY 09.55 edited-2.jpg?width=200 "Manchester (Ringway Airport)]] in 1955")
![[[Boulton Paul Defiant]] TT Mk III target tug, number ''N1697''; [[RAF Desford]], May 1944. Note the wind-driven generator that provided power for the target winch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IWM ATP 12826D.jpg?width=200 "[[Boulton Paul Defiant]] TT Mk III target tug, number ''N1697''; [[RAF Desford]], May 1944. Note the wind-driven generator that provided power for the target winch")
tow
![trailer]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boat on trailer Memphis TN 2013-07-28 004.jpg?width=200 "trailer]]")
![Travel trailers are a familiar type of [[recreational vehicle]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HRV WC SD TT 2011Ext 02.jpg?width=200 "Travel trailers are a familiar type of [[recreational vehicle]]")
![Heavy-duty sling type boom [[tow truck]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heavy Boom Truck.jpg?width=200 "Heavy-duty sling type boom [[tow truck]]")
![Tank recovery vehicles]] are designed to pull very heavy loads in all conditions, including battle](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M32-ARV-HVSS-latrun-1.jpg?width=200 "Tank recovery vehicles]] are designed to pull very heavy loads in all conditions, including battle")
![Sailors tow a [[V-22 Osprey]] to a pier at [[Naval Station Norfolk]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US Navy 090811-N-5257L-001 Navy cargo personnel from Handling Battalion 11 of Jacksonville, Fla., participate in the loading of the Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at pier seven, Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk.jpg?width=200 "Sailors tow a [[V-22 Osprey]] to a pier at [[Naval Station Norfolk]]")
TRANSPORTING AN ITEM OR ITEMS THAT ARE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE OR PACK ANIMAL(S) BY MEANS OF TENSION ELEMENTS
Towing Safety; Towing capacity; Predatory towing; Towing away cars; Tows; Towed; In tow; Tow; Towrope
I
n.
1) a ski tow
2) to take (a ship) in tow
II
v.
1) (D; tr.) to tow into (to tow a barge into a port)
2) (D; tr.) to tow out of (to tow a boat out of a harbor)
3) (D; tr.) to tow to (to tow a car to a garage)
tow
TRANSPORTING AN ITEM OR ITEMS THAT ARE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE OR PACK ANIMAL(S) BY MEANS OF TENSION ELEMENTS
Towing Safety; Towing capacity; Predatory towing; Towing away cars; Tows; Towed; In tow; Tow; Towrope
tow1
¦ verb use a vehicle or boat to pull (another vehicle or boat) along.
¦ noun an act of towing.
Phrases
in tow
1. (also on tow) being towed.
2. accompanying or following someone.
Derivatives
towable adjective
towage noun
Origin
OE togian 'draw, drag', of Gmc origin; related to tug.
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tow2
¦ noun
1. the coarse and broken part of flax or hemp prepared for spinning.
2. a bundle of untwisted natural or man-made fibres.
Derivatives
towy adjective
Origin
OE (recorded in towcr?ft 'spinning'), of Gmc origin.
tow
TRANSPORTING AN ITEM OR ITEMS THAT ARE COUPLED TO A VEHICLE OR PACK ANIMAL(S) BY MEANS OF TENSION ELEMENTS
Towing Safety; Towing capacity; Predatory towing; Towing away cars; Tows; Towed; In tow; Tow; Towrope
(tows, towing, towed)
1.
If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it.
He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer...
They threatened to tow away my car...
The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.
VERB: V n, V n with adv, V n prep
2.
If you have someone in tow, they are following you closely because you are looking after them or you are leading them somewhere. (INFORMAL)
There she was on my doorstep with child in tow...
PHRASE: with n PHR, PHR after v
Wikipedia
Target tug
A target tug is an aircraft which tows an unmanned drone, a fabric drogue or other kind of target, for the purposes of gun or missile target practice. Target tugs are often conversions of transport and utility aircraft, as well as obsolescent combat types. Some, such as the Miles Martinet, were specially designed for the role. It was, and is, a relatively hazardous job, as live fire is typically employed and the people doing the shooting are usually still in training.
