Bowline

What do we mean by bowline?

A rope attached to the weather leech of a square sail to hold the leech forward when sailing close-hauled. noun

A knot forming a loop that does not slip. noun

Nautical, a rope leading forward and fastened to the leech of a square sail. noun

In ship-building, a curve representing a vertical section of the bow-end of a ship. noun

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. noun

The ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail. noun

See Illust. under Knot. noun

Close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said of a ship. noun

A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam noun

A loop knot that neither slips nor jams noun

A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam

Words that are spelled similarly to bowline:
bowline, bowling, towline, boline, bowlin, bow line.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bowline:
untie, bight, knot, clove, overhand, hitch, noose, hearsay, loops, knots, rope, loop, tying, ashley, bend, rabbit, climbing, tied, sheet, variation, easier, variant, standing, variations, portuguese, double, secure, suggest, tie, rio, rescue, tests, strength, fixed, dutch, crew, figure, makes, turn, end, nuclear, running, standard, working, names, method, navy, uses, instead, type, passed, referred, security, traditional, round, around, places.

Words that rhyme with bowline:
proline, towline, snow line, goal line, flow line, toll line, low line, throw line, tow line, audio line, below line, blow line, borough line, buffalo line, cargo line, charcoal line, chicago line, co line, coal line, control line, dipole line, elbow line, foxhole line, glasgow line, go line, hole line, idaho line, inflow line, legato line, memo line, metro line, mexico line, moscow line, no line, o line, oh line, outflow line, overflow line, patrol line, photo line, pole line, potato line, pro line, quo line, radio line, ratio line, roll line, row line, scroll line, shadow line, show line, slow line, sole line, solo line, stereo line, studio line, tho line, tobacco line, toe line, tomato line, torpedo line, whole line, wohl ein.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bowline:
taut, easy, double, top, single, main, ordinary, spanish, french, maintop, common, simple, fore, poor, basic, completed, loose, foretop, handed, intermediate, regular, quick.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bowline:
knot, knots, bridles, bridle, bight, cringle.

Consonant match to bowline:
balloon, beeline, byline, berlin, baleen, boleyn, bellon, b-line, ballon, belen, balun, bellin, baloon, ballin, by-line, billon, boulogne, bilin, boline, bullon, bollen, balan, belluine, bee line, bullen, bolan, balin, boylan, belin, balon, belon, by line, bolen, bolin, bohlen, bollin, bailon, bolon, bowlin, bale on, b line, bowlen, baylon, baylen, bail in, bail on, baile in, bailin, bailyn, bal in, bala in, bale in, ball in, ball line, ball on, balla in, bawl in, bayle in, bayle on, beal in, beale in, beilin, bel in, bela in, bell in, bell inn, bell on, bella in, bellah in, belle in, belle on, berle in, biel in, bielen, bil in, bile in, bill in, bo linh, boal in, bohlin, boil in, bole in, boll in, boole in, boule in, bow lane, bowl in, bowl on, boyle in, boylen, bulen, bull in, bull inn, bull on, bulla in, burleigh in.

Words that sound like bowline:
bowline, boleyn, bowlin, byline, bolin, bolan, bolen, bee line, bolon, bowlen, boline, b line, bohlen, by-line, bee-line, bow line, by line, balloon, bowling, ballin, ballon, baloon, baleen, beeline, belen, billon, bologne, balan, ballen, balin, balon, boling, belon, bolling, bullen, boylan, belin, bollen, bollin, baylen, bellen, bellin, balen, bellon, b-line, boulogne, bailon, ballan, billen, bilan, baleine, bilin, balun, baline, bulen, bullon, bowlines, bylane, polen, polin, polan, belong, balling, belie, billing, bawling, blaine, baseline, blin, bailing, bassline, blain, blan, blane, bellum, bely, belling, baling, bass line, blayne, blinn, backline, balaam, belem, berline, balam, bar line, behling, belum, bayliner, balai, beauchesne, ballam, belam, back line, belang, base line, bealing, bklyn, bauerlein.