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Meanings of bowline in English
Usage of bowline in English
1
It was a simple bowline, which she could release with one tug.
2
This is a reef knot, and I always make a running bowline.
3
With my single free hand, I tied my bowline back together.
4
A bowline knot is a simple one to learn, and it's very strong.
5
The key is to cinch both the bowline and the backup down tightly.
6
Dave leaped into the boat while Dalzell threw off the bowline, then boarded.
7
The French fleet wore soon after, standing about north-east-by-north, on an easy bowline.
8
Firstly, the anthropomorphic element; the sailor imagines his bowline as if it had life.
9
A bowline round the waist would be a good idea.
10
She was then standing on a bowline to the northward, away from the land.
11
A barque-rigged vessel standing on a bowline to the north-west.
12
Secondly, the humorous element, for the bowline is all tail.
13
The breeze was easterly- awindwhich would carry us on a bowline to Jamaica.
14
The latter quality gives it an edge over the bowline.
15
I took her cue and stepped up with the bowline.
16
Ease of Tying The double-loop bowline and the trace-8 are complicated knots that require practice.
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Bowline through the time
Bowline across language varieties
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