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† hale-bowline Naut. Obs. [f. hale v.1] One fit to hale a bowline; an able seaman.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xii. 56 Manned with prest men, being halfe of them scarce hale Boulings. [1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Haul-bowlings, the old name for the able-bodied seamen.] |