Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Bowline

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Bowline


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(n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.