Bowline (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a knot used to make a nonslipping loop on the end of a rope.
  2. a rope made fast to the weather leech of a square sail, for keeping the sail as flat as possible when close-hauled.
Idioms
  1. sailing close-hauled.
  2. close-hauled with sails well filled.
noun nautical
  1. a line for controlling the weather leech of a square sail when a vessel is close-hauled
  2. beating close to the wind
  3. a knot used for securing a loop that will not slip at the end of a piece of rope
Bowline (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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