| 单词 | bowline |
| 例句 | They were all three-strand manila lines with a bowline knotted into one end, pretty well worn down, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Still, a bowline was a good knot, and he’d be able to undo it in the dark, if he needed to. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He found it, flung it over the branch, and fumbled a bowline with his cold, wet, trembling fingers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was brand-new but had the bowline in it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I fingered the face, wondering at the single-stroke eyebrows; picked at the pearly teeth stuck like two piano keys between red bowline lips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The bowline had been pulled tight by the strain on it during the night, but by working it back and forth, Malcolm was able to undo it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps he’d squatted for a moment, building a bowline into the manila, and heard the steam whistle of the passing freighter sounding low across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z No synthetic yellow bangs suspended over marble-blue eyes, no pinched nose and bowline mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They declared it was a proper berth for Mr. Bowditch—him with his tables of figures, long as main to bowline. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Call and the Captain gave each other a “don’t mind her” look, and Call threw the Captain the bowline and he tied us up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tables he figured now were longer “than main to bowline.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the thing with a bowline: you could always undo it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He tied a bowline again, just in case, because his fingers knew it and he trusted it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At night we pushed the boat 10 feet offshore, tossed an anchor off the stern and tied the bowline to a tree. On a Bahamas Sail, 8 Friends Get a Taste of Robinson Crusoe 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Lighten up Frances, time to throw off the bowlines. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Headlamps illuminated the bowlines and square knots they tied. Muslim Scouts pursue an American tradition — in an America wary of Muslims 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z “You tied a bowline. That’s one of the hardest knots. I can tell that you have been sailing since you were a child.” In the British Virgin Islands I learned to sail — for my father, while there was still time 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z I’ll never forget the time a passenger, trying to be helpful, adjusted a bowline without asking and we turned around to see the boat floating away. A river guide lays out the dos and don’ts of rafting etiquette 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “That’s what we do — we fish,” he said, looping the bowline through his Bayliner’s starboard cleat as he was about to launch last Thursday, the first time in weeks. Perspective | The weekend when we all had enough and went back outside 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z But while my adult leaders were teaching me how to tie a bowline hitch, adult leaders in other troops were preying on boys like me. Opinion | Save Scouting. End the Boy Scouts. 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Though I spent the first half of my life sailing, I acquired none of the skills – I couldn’t even manage a bowline knot. What four years at sea taught me about our relationship to the ocean 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Knots are useful in everyday life and specific kinds of knots are suitable for specific tasks — bowlines, cleats, hitches and nooses all hold things together in different ways. Eight Crossings and 192 Atoms Long: the Tightest Knot Ever Tied 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The former added bowline knots to knitted dresses, and reworked naval bibs to suitable-for-work shirts. Paris fashion week: six trends to know 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Then he would get the Alert’s own tow cable and tie the two together with the knot he suggested: a bowline. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The first of the Huns arrived in a bowline on board the "Golden Hind." The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z In another minute the man had grasped the bowline, and with the knife between his teeth he was drawn up to the fo'c'sle. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z "That's the 'Marigold' that we came out of Hull to look for; and on board of her there's the greatest villain that ever tied a reef-knot or a bowline in a bight." Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Luckily we threw a bowline to him, and the two were hauled up together. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The bowline was the means of saving the fisherman’s son now from mental shipwreck, or something nearly as bad. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z "But stand by; let the men prepare bowlines, or we'll never get the women aboard without mishap." The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Some omit the lower wire, tying a non-slipping bowline loop around the plant near the ground. The Tomato 2011-11-20T03:00:13.470Z “I can tie all 65 kinds of knots,—the Becket hitch, and the bowline, and the false reef and the fisherman’s bend, and the sheep-shank and the timber hitch——” “Whoa!” the man laughed. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The fore-front of the wind hard and solid as the side of a moving barn, caught me from behind as I made fast the bowline. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Before their departure he had learned how to tie three knots, square or reef, bowline and the fisherman’s bend. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z Others, with more presence of mind, assisted in slipping the bowlines over the shoulders of the women; and as each one was hoisted aboard the danger of the boat being swamped became less. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z When we got alongside, the second mate appeared at the gangway, and lowered a bowline, which I slipped over the helpless creature's head and under his arms. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z "Who can tie a bowline knot?" demanded Dunk. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z Here she was lashed to a hummock by a hawser which three of the crew carried overside and hitched in a bowline of staunch hemp. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z When he threw it down again, it was looped around and fastened in a bowline knot. Into the Primitive They should be capable of tying knots needed in their work, such as a square knot, clove hitch, two half hitches, bowline, short splice and eye splice. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps The professor cut a rope and made bowline chairs. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories We ran up at our foretopmost peak, all taut by a couple of bowlines, the signal, "England expects that W. H. Smith this day will do his duty." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 One effort more, my lads; stay a moment, they’ll be coiling down the sheets and bowlines just now. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Jonner untied the missile and tied the end to the portion which came into the cabin, making a bowline knot of the loop. Atom Drive He made several turns around Shannon's waist, pulled the rope up under his armpits, and secured it with a bowline. The Pirates of Shan We are only in the way out here, stamping and turning on the wet foot-spars, or throwing bowlines in the 'dodger' stops to pass the night. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war With no pilot at the wheel the propeller churned madly backward for a moment, the bowline drew taut and snapped, and the Verona pulled away from the murderous crew of vigilantes. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry Oh, haul the bowline, London girls are towing, Oh, haul the bowline, the bowline haul! Doubloons—and the Girl With his knife he cut the flag from the rope and with the line thus freed began to weave a bowline knot into one end. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Chahda lowered a line with a bowline in the end, and Zircon slipped the loop over Shannon's shoulders and made sure it was secure under his arms. The Pirates of Shan Rick edged the rounded nose of the houseboat against the seawall as Scotty stepped ashore carrying the bowline. The Flying Stingaree The ark is lifted as high as the clouds, and is driven about, without mast, bowline, cables, anchors, or sail to guide its course. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Oh, haul the bowline, Katy is my darling, Oh, haul the bowline, the bowline haul! Doubloons—and the Girl Tie four out of the following knots: square or reef, sheet-bend, bowline, fisherman's, sheepshank, halter, clove hitch, timber hitch, or two half hitches. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Pass it round the standing part and up through the loop, and continue as in the ordinary bowline. How Girls Can Help Their Country Then Scotty ran lightly to the foredeck and got the bowline ready. The Flying Stingaree Why, he didn't even know how to throw a bowline when he hit in here, flat broke and down on his uppers. El Diablo "Oh, haul the bowline, the packet is a-rolling, Oh, haul the bowline, the bowline haul!" Doubloons—and the Girl And then some of you stand by to drop a line or two, with a standing bowline in their ends, to those people in the water.” Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure Come, come, you must be more on a bowline before you can cross our hawse; so pack up your duds, trip your anchors, and make sail with us.” A Sailor of King George By the aid of bowlines the rescued men were quickly hauled over the side. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Blocks are named and distinguished by the ropes which they carry, and the uses they serve for, as bowlines, braces, clue-lines, halliards, &c. &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Harry had already made a bowline in a bight at the end of a line. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub I never got in; a few elementary "bends," a square knot, and a bowline, were very near the extent of my manual acquirements. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life After a chase of five hours the nearest frigate fired her foremost guns at us, which cut away the maintop bowline. A Sailor of King George We then got two running bowlines ready, one in the fore part of the vessel, and the other aft. A Yacht Voyage Round England Close to the wind, when the sail will not stand without hauling the bowlines. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I saw the two women huddled in the bottom of her, their eyes covered, saw Williams climbing over them and easing her at the bowline. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Here, Needham, have a running bowline ready to slip over the head of the first who comes near enough.” The Three Midshipmen But presently all the yards get rightly trimmed, tacks boarded, and bowlines hauled out taut. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways He made a bowline slip-knot, opened a noose as large as he could handle, coiled the rest of the cable carefully, and poised himself on a thwart. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 An empty purse.—To bag on a bowline, to be leewardly, to drop from a course. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The seamen had got the ropes ready, and now dexterously slipped a running bowline over the head and another over the tail. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. They rushed at the pirate again, and this time seized him securely; then, tripping him up, they slipped a running bowline over his ankles and hauled it taut, thus rendering the man helpless. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess For over two hours Barclay engaged Perry, until brace and bowline of the Lawrence had been shot away. Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada There was a coil of extra cable here, and he grabbed the loose end and deftly made a running bowline knot. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The mode of bending warps or hawsers together by taking a bowline in the end of one rope, and passing the end of the other through the bight, and making a bowline upon it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The men on deck who held the line hauled away on the slack, while others stood by with bowlines in their hands ready to slip them over the shark’s head and tail. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. The wind, however, blew hard from the southward, while tremendous waves rose up, threatening destruction to the vessels, and, as they could only sail on a bowline, they continued for many days standing off land. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Give it me as a standing bowline, which I can pass over my shoulder and under my arm. The Castaways And then he bent down, got hold of the bowline of the craft, and tied it fast to their stern. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine The span attached to the cringles on the leech of a square sail to which the bowline is toggled or clinched. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Tossing aside his cap, overcoat and jacket, he bade the seamen take a bowline hitch around his body and lower him away. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses Every stitch of canvas she could carry was set; her yards were braced sharp up, and away she went like a shot on a bowline. My First Cruise and Other stories There was a light heaving-line attached by one end to the hawser, and in the other end you had knotted a bowline which you passed over your shoulders and under your armpits. The Castaways The breeze was easterly—a wind which would carry us on a bowline to Jamaica. Old Jack When the bowlines are reported "bowlines hauled, sir," by the officer in command of the fore-part of the ship, the hands, or the watch, return to their duties. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Dave lost no time in tying a bowline in a bight at the two ends of the length of line. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol It was the work of a moment to make a wide bowline knot in the pliant Manilla cord. Paul Patoff The dogs' traces should be of skin and fastened with toggles or buttons to the bowline. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell At last, however, success rewarded his efforts, and a strong pull, with the united weight of all three, failed to start the closely-drawn bowline. Adrift in the Ice-Fields A further involution makes what is termed a bowline on a bight. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Did I ever flog the whole starboard watch, because the ship would only sail nine knots on a bowline!” Peter Simple Running forward myself, I let go the main-tack, and bowlines; the main yard came square of itself. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer We were almost within hail, and expected in another instant to be engaged, when down came her courses, the yards were braced sharp up, and she stood away on a bowline towards the coast. Twice Lost Many a fine fellow has said that and changed his tone when he has seen the plank rigged or the yard-arm with a running bowline from it. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa When the sails are loosed to dry, the bowlines, unbent from the bridles, are attached to these toggles, and haul out the sails by the foot-ropes like table-cloths. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This is a reef knot, and I always make a running bowline.” The Secret of the Island The helm was then put down, the yards braced up, and the frigate stood away on a bowline close-hauled to the westward. True Blue “If I had been wise, I should have had a running bowline ready, and we would have caught the fellow,” said the mate. The South Sea Whaler She was then standing on a bowline to the northward, away from the land. Mark Seaworth Is made by taking the end round the standing part, and making a bowline upon its own part. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. While the Opossum stood away on a bowline to the northward, we shaped a course for the mouth of the Gaboon river. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman On the Frenchmen boldly came, till their van was nearly abreast of the centre of the English, who had luffed up till they had almost brought the fleet again on a bowline. True Blue She now got the breeze; but instead of setting all sail to escape, she hauled her wind, and stood away on a bowline, manoeuvring to obtain the weather-gage. The South Sea Whaler She was apparently standing on a bowline to the southward, so that, by continuing our course, we should just contrive to get near enough to speak her. Mark Seaworth A ship sailing close-hauled is "on a taut bowline." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This did not take me the time I said, and forming a bowline I lowered it to him. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler There was a light breeze from the eastward, and the frigate, under all plain sail, was standing on a bowline to the southward. True Blue We were standing on a bowline under our topsails, a sharp look-out being kept ahead for danger. Peter the Whaler Port the helm—man the larboard braces—ease off the starboard braces and bowlines! The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On returning to the deck we lowered the lanterns, which had long since gone out, finished bending the sails, fitting braces, tacks, sheets, and bowlines, and were then ready to hoist away. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler The captain instantly directed that a running bowline knot should be made round the earing, and thus lowered over his head; but his voice was drowned by the gale. The Ferryman of Brill and other stories She, however, fought well, and we soon had our braces, bowlines, and tiller-ropes shot away. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea Casey made a bowline round the line, ready to slip over the shark’s head as soon as it should appear above water. The Three Admirals This point of sailing is synonymous with on a taut bowline and on a wind. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One of the men stuck out his leg, and when the creature tried to grab it, a running bowline was slipped round its head, and it was hauled up. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure Every brace and bowline was taut to a nicety. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea While Ben Snatchblock slipped a running bowline over the creature’s head, its tail coming to the surface, he dexterously got another round it, and, in spite of its violent struggles, it was hoisted on board. The Three Lieutenants Off she flew on a bowline on the other tack, while the three line-of-battle ships were hurrying headlong miles away to leeward. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War The bowline knot is so firmly made, and fastened to the cringles of the sails, that they must break, or the sails split, before it will slip. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. To follow was impossible, as the Lily had every brace and bowline, all her after backstays, several of her lower shrouds, and other parts of her rigging, shot away. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure The tack was roused down, another pull had of the sheet, and the bowline hauled taut, the weather-lift and brace being hauled taut, the sail stood like a board. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea I never saw any little craft behave better than the schooner did now, sailing on a bowline being her best point of speed, as is the case with most fore and aft rigged vessels. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “Ah, nothing can beat her on a bowline!” said the captain triumphantly. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolution. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. She is a beauty, and is said to be a wonderful sailer, especially on a taut bowline. A Pirate of the Caribbees “But we have the heels of her on a taut bowline; so why not brace sharp up on the starboard tack, pass between the islands, and then make for Porto Rico?” The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba A running bowline was promptly slipped over his tail and drawn taut; and he was triumphantly and unresistingly towed alongside the “Victory,” and hoisted inboard. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Range yourselves fore and aft along the lee bulwarks, my lads, and let each one stand by to heave a rope’s-end with a standing bowline in it as soon as we get near enough. The Missing Merchantman A vessel is said to be going free when the bowlines are slacked and the sheets eased; beyond this is termed large. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. One end of this was looped around her waist, and Marion Stanlock had an opportunity to exhibit her skill at tying a bowline. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation We tied their feet, and then with a bowline noose tied their elbows behind their backs—which was quicker than tying their wrists. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies As a matter of course, the ships astern made sail in the same manner, and hauled up on taut bowlines, following the admiral. The Two Admirals In one place it was tied in a bowline knot, but we didn't count that. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder ‘Up with your helm; brace round; haul out your bowlines; Clear up the deck; keep her full; coil down your tow-lines!’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 The able seamen, or oldest and most experienced hands, did duty about the decks and guns, in the setting up and preservation of the rigging, and in the trimming of the braces, sheets, and bowlines. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Tuesday, 13th of November This night the ships were on a bowline, as the sailors say, beating to windward without making any progress. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Fill, sir, and stretch off, on an easy bowline," was the answer; "when a league in the offing, let me know it. The Two Admirals There are few square-rigged boats who do not wear the pennants of the king, that can eat her out of the wind on a bowline, or bring her into their wake with studding-sails set. Great Sea Stories Rodney came under his close observation, for, the Eagle's "wheel being shot to pieces and all the men at it killed, and all her braces and bowlines gone," she drove twice on board the flag-ship. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Like a gallant sea-captain, he slung a bowline round his waist, and went over the side, burnt as he was, to pick up the men who had been blown overboard. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Passing along the coast of Española on a bowline, for the wind had veered to the east, he met a canoe in the middle of the gulf, with a single Indian in it. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 There wasn't much of me, certainly, forty years ago, Stowel; but I well remember the knack you had of making every robin, sheet, bowline, and thread do its duty, then, as you do to-day. The Two Admirals An ash-pole was driven into the snow and the last few members sent down in a bowline at one end of the rope whilst we below eased them down with the other part. South with Scott The Villingen was still under reefed upper topsails, walking into the seas on a taut bowline, with water coming aboard freely. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories Half an hour later Scott and Incarnacion stood together on the beach and watched the cutter's lights as she stood on a bowline to seaward. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Afterwards they went on another tack, and then on a bowline, 24 miles, or 6 leagues, to the north, until night. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 As she trimmed her sails, and steadied her bowlines, she fired a gun, made the numbers of the vessels in the offing to weigh, and to pass within hail. The Two Admirals To prevent the line breaking, or the hook snapping, or the jaw being torn away, the device formerly described, of a running bowline knot, is always adopted. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Tie four of the following knots: Reef, sheet bend, clove hitch, bowline, middleman's, fisherman's, sheep-shank. Outdoor Sports and Games So they flung the end of the line over the bough, sailorwise, and made a running bowline in the part that came down. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut "Clear away the bowlines," said the first lieutenant when all hands were reported ready for the manoeuvre which had been ordered. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat When the wind is fair we can run off large, and when it is foul we must haul upon a bowline, let who will reign. The Two Admirals The best practice certainly is, to man both buntlines and the lee leechline well, and then to haul the LEE clew-garnet close up, before starting the tack or slacking the bowline. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels With the other end he made a bowline round the thwart on which he was sitting, and on which he must sit to pull the bow oar in the evening. The Children of the King "The bowman's business was to stop the boat as it entered the lock, by throwing the bowline that was attached to the bow of the boat around the snubbing post." From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield At this command the bowlines on the topsails and courses were unfastened. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat "To the westward, sir; on an easy bowline, and under short canvass." The Two Admirals Tie a square knot, a weaver's knot, a slip knot, a flemish coop, a bowline, a half, timber clove, boom hitches, stevedore and wall end knots, blackwall and catspaw turn and hitch hook hitches. Camping For Boys A bowline is firmer, if doubled; that is, if the free end of the cord be made to wrap round a second time. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Meanwhile Nilsson had made a running bowline in the end of a loose halyard that was rove through a block aloft, and had been used for hoisting out the cargo. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman "Well, Wilton, how do you like the inside of the brig?" asked Shuffles, when they met in the maintop, having been sent aloft to clear away the bowline bridle on the main-topsail. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat "It is well, my lord; steady your bowlines, and make room for the Thunderer." The Two Admirals "Make a bowline in a bight in that line," directed Harry. Boy Scouts in Southern Waters When tying a bowline, or any other knot for temporary purposes, insert a stick into the knot before pulling tight. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries By that I knew that the stranger was troubling him There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. Wide Courses "Stand by the lee braces, bowlines, and halyards." Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat The French fleet wore soon after, standing about north-east-by-north, on an easy bowline. The Two Admirals Not finding the line-and-sinker, with the spare end of a bowline we rigged a substitute; and sounding the well, found nothing to excite our alarm. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I "The knots," said Swain, at last, "seem to be an ordinary square knot with which the cord was made into a noose, and then a double bowline to secure it." The Gloved Hand There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. Wide Courses The bowlines are ropes attached to the leeches of square sails to draw the edge forward, so that they may take the wind better. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Parker had got abeam, and pressing nearer, he compelled la Victoire to haul her bowlines, bringing her completely between two fires. The Two Admirals Quick as the word could be given, the "flying kites" were furled, yards braced in, and the ship hauled up on a taut bowline in chase. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Sheriff could not climb; they had to haul him up the ship's side by brute force in a bowline; and providentially they were allowed to do this uninterrupted. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. Wide Courses It is no other than a half-rigged brigantine, on a taut bowline, though she bears no great show of canvas. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas This ship, having more room, had easily luffed to windward of the Plantagenet, simply letting go her bowlines, as her bows doubled on the admiral's stern, in order to check her way. The Two Admirals Every brace and bowline cut away, her canvas torn to rags, her hull shot through, and half her men dead or wounded, she was, indeed, a sorry sight. D'Ri and I The studding-sails and royals had been taken in twenty minutes earlier; the bowlines were now all hauled, and the frigate was brought close upon the wind. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet No yard nor sail, never a bowline, sheet, or halyard to be handled, and the Bess bounding ever ahead. Wide Courses "Touch all the braces!" he said, hastily, but still speaking low and clearly; "give a drag upon the bowlines—luff, Sir, luff; jam the ship up hard against the wind!" The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas A commander-in-chief heading up with the bowlines dragged, and his second and third ahead—not to say fourth—running off with the wind abeam! The Two Admirals For Crean, the last man up, we lowered the sledge over the cornice and used a bowline in the other end of the rope on top of it. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Haul down your sheets forward--brail the spanker--let go all the bowlines aft. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet No one but a sailor can understand the effect of checking the weather-braces, if it be only for a few feet, and of getting a weather-leach to stand without 'swigging out' on its bowline. The Crater With a weakened crew, it may be better for us that the people have no yards to handle, nor any bowlines to steady. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas By this simple, but united movement, the man descended obliquely, leaping out of the bowline in which he had sat, and casting the whip adrift. The Two Admirals I made a bowline and the others lowered me down. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Yet when we bale our bowline and veer the sheet our lives will hang upon the breach remaining blocked. The White Company When the wind again hauled, as haul it was almost certain to do, Captain Crutchely believed himself in a meridian that would admit of his running with an easy bowline, on the larboard tack. The Crater Let your heart be your compass, with a clear conscience for your binnacle light, and you'll sail ten knots on a bowline, clear of shoals, rocks, and quicksands! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Christopher, Christopher, you have sailed before the wind since first you weighed your anchor, and now you think to sail upon a bowline? Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson If you can launch her she should sail well enough, going large and none so ill on a bowline, by her looks. Martin Conisby's Vengeance But the tide set the vessel bodily towards the rock, and her condition did not admit of pressing hard upon a bowline. Homeward Bound or, the Chase This they did of course, the three vessels passing to windward of the Peak, in a line ahead, going to the southward, and standing along the cliffs, on an easy bowline. The Crater Casting off the bowlines, I replaced the handkerchief on my neck, and made the best of my way towards those blessed mast-heads, which, under God's mercy, were the means of preventing me from committing suicide. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast But Hull as soon as he got the weight of the wind sheeted home, hoisted his fore and main-top gallant sails, and went off on an easy bowline at the rate of 11 knots. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans When all was ready, the helm was put up, and the ship was brought as short round on her heel, as possible, hauling up, on an easy bowline, on the other tack. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale About nine, the Montauk met a large ship standing on bowline, with every thing set that would draw, and heaping the water under her bows. Homeward Bound or, the Chase There is a snake on board, as long as the main-top bowline! Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Clear your sheets; clear your bowlines; port, port. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Often furnished with a club-hammer, they swung me over the bows in a bowline, to pound the rust off the anchor: a most monotonous, and to me a most uncongenial and irksome business. Redburn. His First Voyage Accordingly, we brought the ship on a bowline, and headed up well to the northward and westward. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Then bundle out of her, my fine fellow, as fast as you can for not a brace or a bowline shall be touched here, with my consent, for any such purpose. Homeward Bound or, the Chase In the mean time the mate had caused a running bowline, or noose, to be prepared from a small but strong rope. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale But that held; 'twas a good one, and tied with a bowline, and it held. Captain January "There now, you rascal," cried the mate, "throw overboard another Bible, and I'll send you after it without a bowline." Redburn. His First Voyage Just as Navesink disappeared, our two men-of-war, merchantmen altered, hauled up on bowlines, and jogged off towards the West Indies, being at the time about a league astern of us. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Firstly, the anthropomorphic element; the sailor imagines his bowline as if it had life. Cambridge Sketches I took the end, made a running bowline with it round the gasket, and let the loop slide down over the boy's head and shoulders. The Ghost Pirates If ever he be broken to the saddle, it is but a voyage still, for he mistakes the bridle for a bowline, and is ever turning his horse-tail. Character Writings of the 17th Century Before the wind, they sail well; but on a bowline, owing to their broad hulls and flat bottoms, they make leeway at a sad rate. Redburn. His First Voyage The Crisis made sail on a bowline, at the same moment her prize filled away for America; Miles Wallingford a much more important personage than he had been a few hours before. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Secondly, the humorous element, for the bowline is all tail. Cambridge Sketches As the wind still stood at south-west, the schooner was brought upon an easy bowline, as soon as she had Montauk light dead to windward. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers As need arose the shipmen drew upon the cords and bowlines, or let the canvas fall upon the deck, that the vessel might be the less beaten of the waves. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut I am rejoiced at this marriage after all, commodore, or marriages rather, for I understand that Mr. Paul Effingham and Sir George Templemore intend to make a double bowline of it to-morrow morning. Home as Found My father had taught me to make a flat-knot, a bowline, a clove-hitch, two half-hitches, and such sort of things; and I got through with both a long and a short splice tolerably well. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale The rope was 90 feet, and as the amount remaining showed that the depth of the bridge was about 65 feet, Scott made a bowline and insisted upon being lowered down. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition As every command was obeyed, the Sea Lion was soon running off free, her bowlines hanging loose, and all her canvass a rap full. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers To set the sails, haul in the brails and bowlines, and at the same time stand at the helm, was more than any sailor could manage. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales At buckle and billet their fingers wrought, Till the sheets were home and the bowlines taut. Right Royal The brig was on an easy bowline, evidently looking up for our wake, edging off gradually as we drew ahead. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale That brought back to Grace her attempt to make a "clove-hitch" and a "running bowline carry out her noble deed" and she flashed a significant look at Madaline, who shared a part of her secret. The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. Disappointed in this expectation, after standing far enough west to make certain nothing was in sight in that quarter, he hauled up on an easy bowline, and stood to the southward. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers As for the brig, she had hauled up to an easy bowline, as she came round Montauk, and was now standing off south southeast, still having the wind at south-west. Jack Tier When we reached her, they had a block at the spanker-boom-end, with a single line rove and bowline, into which the men got and were hoisted one by one on deck. Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life It's off on a bowline to Stornoway Bay, Where the liquor is good and the lasses are gay: Waiting for their bully Jack, Watching for him sailing back, Right across the Lowland sea. Songs of Action The third mate commanded in the waist, and, with the carpenter and one man, worked the main tack and bowline; the cook, ex officio, the fore sheet, and the steward the main. Two Years Before the Mast It is silence all, as each in his place, With the gathered coil in his hardened hands, By tack and bowline, by sheet and brace, Waiting the watchword impatient stands. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 That vessel had gone about, and was standing to the southward, on a taut bowline. Jack Tier Slung myself in a bowline, and by means of thrusting 2 1/2-inch rope in the opening, contrived to stop a great portion of the leak. Roundabout Papers When they had got close enough ropes were thrown out, caught and made fast; and then came down one of the bowlines which the seamen held ready along the rail of the lower deck. The Man Being sure of clearing the point, we stood off with our yards a little braced in, while the Ayacucho went off with a taut bowline, which brought her to windward of us. Two Years Before the Mast "Haul on ee bowline, ee bowline, haul!" muttered the first mate, as they came into the room. The Depot Master The people forward looked at each other, as they listened to this novel admonition, though they called out the customary "ay, ay, sir," as they went to the sheets, braces and bowlines. Jack Tier The third mate commanded in the waist, and, with the carpenter and one man, worked the main tack and bowlines; the cook, ex-officio, the fore sheet, and the steward the main. Two Years Before the Mast Try to imagine “All larboard bowlines on deck!” being shouted down into the forecastle of a present day ship. A Collection of Stories We had a smacking breeze for several hours, and went along at a great rate until night, when it died away, as usual, and the land-breeze set in, which brought us upon a taut bowline. Two Years Before the Mast Along the front of this line is a bowline E, which indicates the front surface of the propeller blade. Aeroplanes Another line with a running "bowline," or slip-noose, was also passed out to the bowsprit end, being held there by one man in readiness. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales There he "sings aloft 'twixt heaven and earth," and if the rope slips, breaks, or is let go, or if the bowline slips, he falls overboard or breaks his neck. Two Years Before the Mast "Shall we sling a bowline over the foot?" Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger There he ``swings aloft 'twixt heaven and earth,'' and if the rope slips, breaks, or is let go, or if the bowline slips, he falls overboard or breaks his neck. Two Years Before the Mast Wolf Larsen rove a bowline in a piece of rope and slipped it under his shoulders. The Sea Wolf Being sure of clearing the point, we stood off with our yards a little braced in, while the Ayacucho went off with a taught bowline, which brought her to windward of us. Two Years Before the Mast We had a smacking breeze for several hours, and went along at a great rate, until night, when it died away, as usual, and the land-breeze set in, which brought us upon a taught bowline. Two Years Before the Mast He afterwards said that we sailed well enough with the wind free, but that give him a taught bowline, and he would beat us, if we had all the canvas of the Royal George. Two Years Before the Mast He afterwards said that we sailed well enough with the wind free, but that give him a taut bowline, and he would beat us, if we had all the canvas of the Royal George. Two Years Before the Mast |
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