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Definition of: bowline
(bō′lin, -līn′) noun
1. Naut. A rope to keep the weather edge of a vessel's square sail forward when sailing close-hauled.
2. A knot,
—on a bowline Close-hauled to the wind; said of a vessel.
a. Bowline knot.
b. Running bowline.
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