单词 | hale bowline |
释义 | † hale bowlinen. Nautical. Obsolete rare. A sailor capable of hauling a bowline (and hence in wider sense, capable of performing all duties); an able seaman (able seaman n. 2). Cf. haul-bowline n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > old or experienced sailor hale bowline1627 sea-dog1823 stationer1826 old salt1828 salt1840 shell-back1853 sea-daddy1899 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 56 Manned with prest men, being halfe of them scarce hale Boulings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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