Meaning

2 senses
  1. A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.

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

    Palstek, Bulin

    бесе́дочный у́зелbesédočnyj úzel

More definitions
  • a loop knot that neither slips nor jams

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I've forgotten how to tie a bowline.

    ruЯ забыл, как завязывать булинь.

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  2. I showed Tom how to tie a bowline.

    deIch zeigte Tom, wie man einen Palstek macht.

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  3. I don't know how to tie a bowline.

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  4. You should make sure that you tie a bowline.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
knot:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
knot:

Origin

From Middle English bouline, bawelyne.

From Middle English bouline, bawelyne.

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Forms

plural: bowlines
Singularbowline
Pluralbowlines

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbowlined

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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