🔄 Synonyms of "Bowline"
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| Word | Definition |
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| bowline knotnoun | a loop knot that neither slips not jams |
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| Word | Definition |
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| bowline knotnoun | a loop knot that neither slips not jams |
| tautverb | (also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. |
| bolinnoun | A surname. |
| buntlinenoun | A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel. |
| bell ropenoun | A long length of rope attached by splicing to a church's bell, by which it is struck, and with a sally for holding it. |
| bolt ropenoun | (nautical) Rope sewn around the edges of a sail to prevent tearing or fraying. |
| leeboardnoun | (nautical, countable) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway. |
| leefangnoun | A metal bar, fastened at its extremities to the deck, and upon which the sheets of some fore-and-aft sails traverse, particularly the foresail of a sloop or cutter. |
| latchingnoun | The act of fastening a latch. |
| breast linenoun | (nautical) A rope used to tie a small ship to a dock, keeping it close to the pier |
| ropebandnoun | (nautical) A small piece of rope, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. |
| brailnoun | (nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails. |
| becketnoun | (nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle |
| bowsienoun | (sailing) A simple device with three holes used for tensioning stays on boats or guy-lines on tents. |
| bolt-ropenoun | Alternative spelling of bolt rope. [(nautical) Rope sewn around the edges of a sail to prevent tearing or fraying.] |
| coursenoun | A sequence of events. |
| buoy ropenoun | (nautical) The rope that secures a buoy to an anchor on the seabed |
| luffnoun | (nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind. |
| tail blocknoun | (nautical) A block having a rope about it, and on an end hanging several feet from it. |
| goblinenoun | (chiefly India) Goblin. |
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