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Meanings of taut bowline in English

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Usage of taut bowline in English
1
That vessel had gone about, and was standing to the southward, on a taut bowline.
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
2
It is no other than a half-rigged brigantine, on a taut bowline, though she bears no great show of canvas.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
3
The Villingen was still under reefed upper topsails, walking into the seas on a taut bowline, with water coming aboard freely.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
4
118° 01' W., having made twelve hundred miles in seven days, very nearly upon a taut bowline.
Two Years Before the Mast
5
As a matter of course, the ships astern made sail in the same manner, and hauled up on taut bowlines, following the admiral.
The Two Admirals
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