We hauled off upon the laniard of the whip – staff, and helped the man at the helm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World] Reference

And every fastening laniard cut away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes] Reference