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Webster 1913 Edition

Bowline

Bow′line

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
boelijn
, Icel.
böglïna
[GREEK], 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 1828 Edition

Bowline

BOWLINE

,
Noun.
A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate parts, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward,when the ship is close hauled.bridles, are the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail.

Definition 2024

bowline

bowline

English

Noun

bowline

bowline ‎(plural bowlines)

  1. (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam

Translations

Related terms

  • bowline bridle
  • running bowline
  • on a bowline

Etymology

Earlier Middle English bouline, bawelyne.

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