bowline

English

left-hand bowline

Etymology

From Middle English bouline, bawelyne.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊlɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊlɪn/

Noun

bowline (plural bowlines)

1. (nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
2. (nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.

Derived terms

• bowline bridle
• bowlined
• on a bowline
• running bowline

 

Translations

knot

• Danish: pælestik n
• Finnish: paalusolmu (fi)
• French: bouline (fr) f, nœud de chaise (fr) m
• German: Palstek (de), Bulin (de) m
• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁר הַצָּלָה (he) m (kesher hatsalah)
• Italian: bolina f
• Norman: bôlinne f, noeud d'bôlinne m
• Portuguese: lais de guia m
• Russian: бесе́дочный у́зел m (besédočnyj úzel)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: га̏ша

  Roman: gȁša (sh)

• Spanish: as de guía m
• Swedish: pålstek (sv)
• Turkish: izbarço bağı

Further reading

• bowline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia