单词 | bowline |
释义 | bowline /boh"lin, -luyn'/, n. 1. Also called bowline knot. a knot used to make a nonslipping loop on the end of a rope. See illus. under knot. 2. Naut. a rope made fast to the weather leech of a square sail, for keeping the sail as flat as possible when close-hauled. 3. on a bowline, Naut. sailing close-hauled. 4. on an easy bowline, Naut. close-hauled with sails well filled. [1275-1325; ME bouline, equiv. to bou- (perh. boue BOW2) + line LINE1] |
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