bowline

/boh-lin, -lahyn/US // ˈboʊ lɪn, -ˌlaɪn //UK // (ˈbəʊlɪn) //

弓形线,弓线,弓弦线,弓箭手

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Also called bowline knot . a knot used to make a nonslipping loop on the end of a rope.
- : Nautical. a rope made fast to the weather leech of a square sail, for keeping the sail as flat as possible when close-hauled.

The bowline is also shown in the drawing of the 'Cygnet,' 35 tons, in a following chapter on Thames Clubs.
The words of these windlass and bowline "shanties" have, of course, little of the element of finished poetry about them.
To the westward, sir; on an easy bowline, and under short canvass.
Harry had already made a bowline in a bight at the end of a line.
There was a coil of extra cable here, and he grabbed the loose end and deftly made a running bowline knot.