Sentence example with the word 'bowline'

bowline

Definition n. a loop knot that neither slips nor jams

Last update: October 24, 2015


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Meantime, the crew driven from the forward part of the ship by the perilous seas that burstingly broke over its bows, stood in a line along the bulwarks in the waist; and the better to guard against the leaping waves, each man had slipped himself into a sort of bowline secured to the rail, in which he swung as in a loosened belt.   [Please select]

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Harry had already made a bowline in a bight at the end of a line.   [Please select]

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"Make a bowline in a bight in that line," directed Harry.   [Please select]

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A bowline knot should be tied at J, as shown, to prevent slipping.   [Please select]

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The wind, however, blew hard from the southward, while tremendous waves rose up, threatening destruction to the vessels, and, as they could only sail on a bowline, they continued for many days standing off land.   [Please select]

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Dave lost no time in tying a bowline in a bight at the two ends of the length of line.   [Please select]

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