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Meanings of run bowline in English

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Usage of run bowline in English
1
This is a reef knot, and I always make a running bowline.
The Mysterious Island
2
A couple of running bowlines were prepared.
The Three Lieutenants
3
We then got two running bowlines ready, one in the fore part of the vessel, and the other aft.
A Yacht Voyage Round England
4
There was a coil of extra cable here, and he grabbed the loose end and deftly made a running bowline knot.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
5
The seamen had got the ropes ready, and now dexterously slipped a running bowline over the head and another over the tail.
The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...
6
So they flung the end of the line over the bough, sailorwise, and made a running bowline in the part that came down.
King Olaf's Kinsman / A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against...
7
"Get a running bowline ready," he shouted out-"onefor the head, and another for the tail.
The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...