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单词 on a bowline
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on a bowline
3. on a bowline: said of a ship when close-hauled, (i.e. with the bow-line) so as to sail close to the wind.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > use of wind in sailing [phrase] > (close) to the wind
on luff1535
at a luffa1568
at luff and liea1568
on a bowline1625
upon a winda1687
on a (less commonly the) wind1697
to the wind1795
luff a luff1887
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. iii. 1174 The winde was..so narrow that, we stood vpon abowling.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxiii. 426 Running in for San Andreas on a bow line.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast x. 24 We were..obliged to..come upon a taut bowline.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) The ship sails on a bowline, or stands on a taut bowline.
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