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I need help with what to call a control line I have.

I have a line that pulls down on the jib sheet for use when sailing off the wind, used instead of moving the jib lead car forward. I also have inhaulers (some people call them Barberhaulers) for moving the jib sheet inboard when sailing on the wind under certain conditions.

I have been struggling with what to call this line. I don't want to use Barberhauler as many people use that to refer to the inhauler so that could be confusing. We have been using jib downhaul but that really should refer to something completely different. Twing has come up and seems to be used by a few people although in general refers to such a line for a spinnaker. Other possibilities are jib sheet downhaul, jib leader, downhauler (thus in the same family as inhauler our outhauler), jib sheet lead, and others.

The actual implementation is a spectra line terminated on a forward car that goes through a 0.8 oz REI carabiner that clips to the jib sheet when needed. That line goes back through the forward track car and back a few feet where it terminates in an eye splice so that a poly line can be clipped to it when needed and taken to a cockpit winch. The small spectra lines don't produce clutter when not in use and the carabiner can be removed from the sheet when on the wind.

What I am looking for is what to call this control that is unambiguous and in keeping with what proper terminology if there is such.