bowlines in English

noun
1
a rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail and leading forward, thus helping the ship sail nearer the wind.
Outside the harbor, the waves were high enough that we had to grip the bowlines to keep our feet.
2
a nonbinding knot for forming a nonslipping nonjamming loop at the end of a rope.
Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of the string to the other nock using a timber hitch, bowline or similar non-stressing knot.

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14. Bowlines may be defined as “ Lines attached to the sides of a square sail to pull it forward ”

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21. Bowline (plural Bowlines) ( nautical ) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope ; it will not slip or jam Related terms [ edit ]

22. Sorry, souher, I just checked the original quote and 'Bowlines' was plural, as it should be, since in naval jargon every single sail had its own bowline with its own name

23. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the Bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in

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