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Bowline knot   /bˈoʊlaɪn nɑt/   Listen
Bowline knot

noun
1.
A loop knot that neither slips nor jams.  Synonym: bowline.





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"Bowline knot" Quotes from Famous Books



... before the captain had time to retort. He made a slide across the danger zone on his back, like a runner in a ball game. This move brought him into a safe place between the mainmast and the mizzen. There was a coil of extra cable here, and he grabbed the loose end and deftly made a running bowline knot. He set the noose firmly upon his shoulders, leaped up, and caught at the hoops ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day


Words linked to "Bowline knot" :   loop knot


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