Definition of Bowlene
Bow"line (&?;), n. [Cf. D. boelijn,
Icel. böglïna&?;, Dan. bovline; properly the line
attached to the shoulder or side of the sail. See Bow (of a ship),
and Line.] (Naut.) A rope fastened near the middle of
the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes,
called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight
forward, when the ship is closehauled.
Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowline is
fastened to the leech of the sail. -- Bowline knot.
See Illust. under Knot. -- On a
bowline, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said
of a ship.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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