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bowline (pron. bolin as in no).
1. A knot tied in such a way as to produce an eye, or loop, in the end of a rope. It is a knot with many uses at sea, whether to join two large hawsers together, with one bowline tied with its eye inside the eye of the other, or tied in the end of a hawser to provide a loop for dropping over a bollard. It is a knot which will never slip and cannot jam. Variants of this knot are a running bowline, where the knot is tied around the bight of the rope to form a noose, and a bowline on the bight, where the knot is made with the bight of the rope to produce two eyes. This variant is often used to form a temporary boatswain's chair when a man is needed to work aloft. 2. The name of the rope attached with a bowline to, and leading forward from, a bridle between cringles on the leeches of sails in a square-rigged ship. Its purpose, when hauled hard in, is to keep the weather edge of the sail taut and steady when the ship is close hauled to the wind. Thus a square-rigged ship is said to ‘sail on a bowline’, or ‘stand on a taut bowline’, when it is being sailed as close to the wind as possible. |
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"bowline." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bowline." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-bowline.html "bowline." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-bowline.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "bowline." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bowline." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bowline.html T. F. HOAD. "bowline." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bowline.html |
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bow·line / ˈbōlin; ˈbōˌlīn/ • n. 1. a rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail and leading forward, thus helping the ship sail nearer the wind. 2. a nonbinding knot for forming a nonslipping nonjamming loop at the end of a rope. |
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"bowline." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bowline." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bowline.html "bowline." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bowline.html |
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bowline ˈbōlin; ˈbōˌlīn n. a rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail and leading forward, thus helping the ship sail nearer the wind.
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"bowline." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bowline." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-bowline.html "bowline." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-bowline.html |
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•Alun, Malin, Tallinn
•Jacklin • franklin
•chaplain, Chaplin
•ratline
•Carlin, marlin, marline, Stalin
•Helen, Llewelyn
•Mechlin
•Emlyn, gremlin, Kremlin
•Galen • capelin • kylin • Evelyn
•Enniskillen, penicillin, villein
•Hamelin • Marilyn • discipline
•Colin, Dolin
•goblin, hobgoblin
•Loughlin
•Joplin, poplin
•compline • tarpaulin
•Magdalen, maudlin
•bowline, pangolin
•Ventolin • moulin • Lublin • Brooklyn
•masculine • insulin • globulin
•mullein • Dublin • dunlin • muslin
•kaolin • chamberlain • Michelin
•madeleine • Mary Magdalene
•Gwendolen • francolin • mescaline
•formalin • lanolin
•adrenalin, noradrenalin
•crinoline • zeppelin • cipolin
•Carolyn • Jocelyn • porcelain • Ritalin
•Ottoline
•javelin, ravelin
•Rosalyn
•merlin, purlin
•Dunfermline • purslane
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"bowline." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bowline." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bowline.html "bowline." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bowline.html |
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