bowline

English

Etymology

Earlier Middle English bouline, bawelyne.

Noun

bowline

bowline (plural bowlines)

1. (nautical) a knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope; it will not slip or jam

Translations

knot

• Finnish: paalusolmu
• French: bouline (fr) f, nœud de chaise (fr) m
• German: Palstek (de), Bulin (de) m
• Italian: bolina f
• Norman: bôlinne f, noeud d'bôlinne m
• Portuguese: lais de guia m

• Russian: бесе́дочный у́зел m (besédočnyj úzel)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: га̏ша

  Roman: gȁša (sh)

• Spanish: as de guía m
• Swedish: pålstek

Related terms

• bowline bridle
• running bowline
• on a bowline