Bowline

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail to hold the leech forward when sailing close-hauled.
  • n. A knot forming a loop that does not slip.
  • idiom. on a bowline Nautical Close-hauled.
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  • n. a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical, a rope leading forward and fastened to the leech of a square sail.
  • n. In ship-building, a curve representing a vertical section of the bow-end of a ship.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
    • Hypernym
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    loop knot   
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