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bowline

[ UK /bˈə‍ʊla‍ɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈboʊɫaɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a loop knot that neither slips nor jams

How To Use bowline In A Sentence

  • While we tied a bowline loop in the end of a rope I called, ‘What sort of shape's he in?’
  • Slip the loop of the bowstring over the nock and down the limb of the bow and tie the free end of the string to the other nock using a timber hitch, bowline or similar non-stressing knot.
  • Yes | No | Report from combat. medic wrote 3 weeks 3 days ago wow ... as I read all these posts, I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the figure eight -- the only knot used for life safety in firefighting!!! as for everyone who said that a bowline won't slip -- bull. all it takes is a load shift, and it can slip out. What is the most imprtiant knot when it comes to survival?
  • Spluttering, he pulled himself up, grabbed the Hai Hau's bowline, then to his comrades ' complete astonishment, swam rapidly to shore. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK
  • It was not that rare of a knot, but the bowline was the common preference. Ship Of Magic
  • At the other end, I have a length of webbing wrapped once completely around the tree with loops tied in either end, also with bowlines (otherwise known as a ‘rabbit runner’).
  • Oaxyctl pulled the knot apart and demonstrated the bowline, the sheepshank, a simple square knot, and a sheet bend. Crystal Rain
  • Kennan, a bowline around his body under his arm-pits, lowered by a couple of seamen down the generous freeboard of the Ariel, who gathered in by the nape of the neck the smooth-coated Irish terrier that, treading water perpendicularly, had no eyes for him so eagerly did he gaze at the line of faces along the rail in quest of the one face. CHAPTER XX
  • I'll tie the bowline to the skid and we can take it to the island. FOOLS GOLD
  • Just that fast, with one hand, there was a friggin 'bowline in the middle of it. Knot Reference Wallet Card Keeps Your Knot Knowledge Fresh | Lifehacker Australia
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