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Bowline
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(a word found in most Teutonic languages, probably connected with the "bow" of a ship), a nautical term for a rope leading from the edge of a sail to the bows, for the purpose of steadying the sail when sailing close to the wind - "on a bowline."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bowline'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bowline.html. 1910.