Etymology

bowline

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Today it means: A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails. Full definition →

Middle English bouline
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombouline
  2. English todaybowline

From Middle English bouline, bawelyne.

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