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Definition of bowline in English: bowlinenoun ˈbəʊlɪnˈbaʊlaɪn 1A rope attaching the weather side of a square sail to a ship's bow. 张帆索 Example sentencesExamples - Outside the harbor, the waves were high enough that we had to grip the bowlines to keep our feet.
- She grabbed him and yanked him unceremoniously into the boat, and untied the bowline herself.
2A simple knot for forming a non-slipping loop at the end of a rope. 单套结（拉紧时不会脱滑的单结） Example sentencesExamples - While we tied a bowline loop in the end of a rope I called, ‘What sort of shape's he in?’
- Do not use a bowline - it will probably come undone in your pocket and let you down the moment you come to deploy it.
- ‘A hideous thing to watch, even as a quasi-curious foreigner,’ was Thompson's initial reaction, despite his assertion that he ‘can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than ten seconds’.
- Now show me how to tie that bowline knot again, my friend.
- The other Alan, trying to be grown up, was sat there painting on a beard with a burnt bit of cork and practising tying a bowline with his left hand
- At the other end, I have a length of webbing wrapped once completely around the tree with loops tied in either end, also with bowlines (otherwise known as a ‘rabbit runner’).
- To secure your donkey while you sleep, dine, sightsee or shop, you'll need to demonstrate proficiency with the chair or bowline knot.
- I learned to tie my knots, especially the difficult bowline.
- Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of the string to the other nock using a timber hitch, bowline or similar non-stressing knot.
- Out he sprang like a stag before the boat could be blown back into the sea and tied his vessel to the footbridge with a perfect bowline.
- Trial watchers in the public gallery could be seen practising their bowlines as forensic scientist Rodger Ide gave an insight into the techniques of examining knots.
OriginMiddle English: from Middle Low German bōlīne, Middle Dutch boechlijne, from boeg 'ship's bow' + lijne 'line'. Definition of bowline in US English: bowlinenounˈboulīnˈbaʊlaɪn 1A rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail and leading forward, thus helping the ship sail nearer the wind. Example sentencesExamples - She grabbed him and yanked him unceremoniously into the boat, and untied the bowline herself.
- Outside the harbor, the waves were high enough that we had to grip the bowlines to keep our feet.
2A simple knot for forming a nonslipping loop at the end of a rope. 单套结（拉紧时不会脱滑的单结） Example sentencesExamples - Trial watchers in the public gallery could be seen practising their bowlines as forensic scientist Rodger Ide gave an insight into the techniques of examining knots.
- Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of the string to the other nock using a timber hitch, bowline or similar non-stressing knot.
- The other Alan, trying to be grown up, was sat there painting on a beard with a burnt bit of cork and practising tying a bowline with his left hand
- At the other end, I have a length of webbing wrapped once completely around the tree with loops tied in either end, also with bowlines (otherwise known as a ‘rabbit runner’).
- Now show me how to tie that bowline knot again, my friend.
- Out he sprang like a stag before the boat could be blown back into the sea and tied his vessel to the footbridge with a perfect bowline.
- ‘A hideous thing to watch, even as a quasi-curious foreigner,’ was Thompson's initial reaction, despite his assertion that he ‘can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than ten seconds’.
- While we tied a bowline loop in the end of a rope I called, ‘What sort of shape's he in?’
- To secure your donkey while you sleep, dine, sightsee or shop, you'll need to demonstrate proficiency with the chair or bowline knot.
- Do not use a bowline - it will probably come undone in your pocket and let you down the moment you come to deploy it.
- I learned to tie my knots, especially the difficult bowline.
OriginMiddle English: from Middle Low German bōlīne, Middle Dutch boechlijne, from boeg ‘ship's bow’ + lijne ‘line’. |