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Meanings of bowline in English

Russian
булинь
Portuguese
bolina
Spanish
as de guía
Catalan
bowline
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Type of knot.

        булинь
        Usage of bowline in English
        1
        It was a simple bowline, which she could release with one tug.
        Labyrinth
        2
        This is a reef knot, and I always make a running bowline.
        The Mysterious Island
        3
        With my single free hand, I tied my bowline back together.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        4
        A bowline knot is a simple one to learn, and it's very strong.
        Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
        5
        The key is to cinch both the bowline and the backup down tightly.
        Climbing Magazine
        6
        Dave leaped into the boat while Dalzell threw off the bowline, then boarded.
        Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second...
        7
        The French fleet wore soon after, standing about north-east-by-north, on an easy bowline.
        The Two Admirals
        8
        Firstly, the anthropomorphic element; the sailor imagines his bowline as if it had life.
        Cambridge Sketches
        9
        A bowline round the waist would be a good idea.
        In the King's name
        10
        She was then standing on a bowline to the northward, away from the land.
        Mark Seaworth
        11
        A barque-rigged vessel standing on a bowline to the north-west.
        Peter the Whaler
        12
        Secondly, the humorous element, for the bowline is all tail.
        Cambridge Sketches
        13
        The breeze was easterly- awindwhich would carry us on a bowline to Jamaica.
        Old Jack
        14
        The latter quality gives it an edge over the bowline.
        Climbing Magazine
        15
        I took her cue and stepped up with the bowline.
        Stiltsville: a novel
        16
        Ease of Tying The double-loop bowline and the trace-8 are complicated knots that require practice.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
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        Bowline through the time
        Bowline across language varieties
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