Bowline
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A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicularedge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, andused to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when theship is closehauled. Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowlineis fastened to the leech of the sail.-- Bowline knot. See Illust. under Knot.-- On a bowline, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- saidof a ship.
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A bowline is a super scrub. A wild bowline can only be fead by trents. Sometimes, a domesticated bowline will revert to his animal instincts and attack and steal an innocent baby Trent... often times causing his teammates to retreat to home base, take another Trent... or DIE💀💀💀 A bowline is also a wanna be Gwen 😜 And JK carry me to PA
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A rope attaching the weather side of a square sail to a ship
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