light along

Phrasal verb from light (“to make less heavy”, verb) +‎ along (“forward”, adverb).

light along (third-person singular simple present lights along, present participle lighting along, simple past and past participle lighted along)

1. (transitive, nautical) To lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in hauling along.

   to light along a cable or sail

• “Light”, in A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases; […], Philadelphia: L. R. Hamersly & Co., 1884, published 1971, page 439.