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单词 hale bowline
释义

hale bowlinen.

Forms: 1600s hale-bouling.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hale v.1, bowline n.1
Etymology: < hale v.1 + bowline n.1Compare the following earlier examples of use as a place name:1606 Last E.-Indian Voy. sig. E This Ile of Bachan, we gaue to name Halbowling, for that in 7. dayes sailing we got not a mile.1613 J. Saris Jrnl. 21 Feb. in Voy. to Japan (1900) 20 In the morning we weare 4 or 5 leagues of an Iland called Haleboling by our salors.The island was probably so called because the navigator had to haul the bowlines (i.e. sail close to the wind) while approaching it.
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.
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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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