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bowline

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bow·line  (bln, -ln)
n.
1. Nautical A rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail to hold the leech forward when sailing close-hauled.
2. A knot forming a loop that does not slip.
Idiom:
on a bowline Nautical
Close-hauled.
[Middle English bouline, probably from Middle Danish bovline or Middle Low German blne, both from Middle Low German bch lne : bch, bow; see bheug- in Indo-European roots + lne, line (from Latin lnea; see line1).]
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bowline
bowline [ˈbəʊlɪn]
n Nautical
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a line for controlling the weather leech of a square sail when a vessel is close-hauled
(Transport / Nautical Terms)
on a bowline beating close to the wind
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Knots) a knot used for securing a loop that will not slip at the end of a piece of rope
[probably from Middle Low German bōlīne, equivalent to bow3 + line1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bowlinebowline - a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
bowline knot
loop knot - any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
Translations
bowline [ˈbəʊlɪn] N → bolina f
bowline
n → Palstek m; (= rope) → Bulin(e) f
bowline [ˈbəʊlɪn] n (Naut) (also bowline knot) → gassa d'amante
bowline [ˈbəʊlɪn] n (Naut) (also bowline knot) → gassa d'amante


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Meantime, the crew driven from the forward part of the ship by the perilous seas that burstingly broke over its bows, stood in a line along the bulwarks in the waist; and the better to guard against the leaping waves, each man had slipped himself into a sort of bowline secured to the rail, in which he swung as in a loosened belt.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Wolf Larsen rove a bowline in a piece of rope and slipped it under his shoulders.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
But Jerry was to know Harley Kennan, and quickly, for it was Harley Kennan, a bowline around his body under his arm-pits, lowered by a couple of seamen down the generous freeboard of the Ariel, who gathered in by the nape of the neck the smooth-coated Irish terrier that, treading water perpendicularly, had no eyes for him so eagerly did he gaze at the line of faces along the rail in quest of the one face.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
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