Bowlines

Word BOWLINES
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Definitions and meanings of "Bowlines"

What do we mean by bowlines?

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

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The word "bowlines" in example sentences

So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. ❋ Lisa Lubin (2011)

Try to imagine "All larboard bowlines on deck!" being shouted down into the forecastle of a present day ship. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

December 31, 2005, 2: 38 am texas hold em two player remain says: texas hold em two player remain shutout. comings: bowlines amortizing fatty ❋ Unknown (2004)

So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Helm a-lee; bring the main-tack aboard, haul the bowlines, hoist the top-gallants. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Ahab must have the doubloon! and with his own hands he rigged a nest of basketed bowlines; and sending a hand aloft, with a single sheaved block, to secure to the mainmast head, he received the two ends of the downwardreeved rope; and attaching one to his basket prepared, pin for the other end, in order to fasten it at the rail. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Clear your sheets; clear your bowlines; port, port. ❋ Unknown (2002)

By night the same muteness of humanity before the shrieks of the ocean prevailed; still in silence the men swung in the bowlines; still wordless Ahab stood up to the blast. ❋ Unknown (2002)

“Away the bowlines!” came the cry from the bridge. ❋ Richard Bach (2002)

Instead, the towed boat should tie one of the dock lines in a loop through one of the bow chocks or at least under the pulpit, around the mast, in through the other bow chock and then tie the two ends of the rope together using a reef knot or a pair of bowlines. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

The hands knew their business; the port-tide bowlines and braces were cast off smartly, and the hands tailed on to the starboard-dide ones. ❋ Forester, C. S. (1962)

He had been about to haul his bowlines, but he reached a rapid and sensible decision. ❋ Forester, C. S. (1962)

Headsail sheets and bowlines were handled, with Hornblower watching the behaviour of the ship like a tiger stalking its prey. ❋ Forester, C. S. (1962)

A straining group of men hauled out the fore-eack; others tailed on to the bowlines. ❋ Forester, C. S. (1962)

The masts began to suffer in all parts, splinters were falling from them, and shreds of canvass from the sails came down upon us in great quantities; traces, bowlines, and other running gear, suffered equally; the shrouds, fore and aft, got cut up so quickly, that the rigging men attempted in vain to knot them, and were at last forced to leave the rigging to its fate. ❋ Various (N/A)

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