line-throwing gun

So help me, this is the last time I'm going into space without a proper line-throwing gun.

Shoulder-fired line-throwing guns are available, and there are also slingshot-based systems.

Using a line-throwing gun?

A line-throwing gun is a short-barreled cannon designed to fire a projectile attached to a rope to a boat or victim in distress.

The line-throwing guns cracked fore and aft, and the crowd cheered as two arcs of white cord came sailing across the water.

Line-throwing guns are most often referred to as Lyle Guns, after their inventor David A. Lyle.

Kay, said the captain, rolling the steel balls swiftly, I can see this approach is going to be fun Tell the line handlers to, stand by their line-throwing guns.