[boh-lin, -lahyn] 
| 1. | Also called bowline knot. a knot used to make a nonslipping loop on the end of a rope. |
| 2. | Nautical. a rope made fast to the weather leech of a square sail, for keeping the sail as flat as possible when close-hauled. |
| 3. | on a bowline, Nautical. sailing close-hauled. |
| 4. | on an easy bowline, Nautical. close-hauled with sails well filled. |
| bowline knot | |
noun | |
| a loop knot that neither slips nor jams [syn: bowline] |
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