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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: bowline knot (0.00996 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to bowline knot.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bowline knot bowline knot n : a loop knot that neither slips not jams [syn: bowline]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bowline knot Bowline \Bow"line\, n. [Cf. D. boelijn, Icel. b["o]gl["i]na?, 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

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