1. A rope to draw a sall into line with the bow, and keep it close to the wind.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• bolwling,
• basline,
• bowlling,
• gobline,
• dowline,
• bolive,
• bline,
• bordline,
• bogling,
• obline,
• bowiling,
• bowlen,
• boweling,
• byeline,
• bouling,
• ouline,
• boilin,
• howlin,
• bolling,
• showline

• bohlen,
• bowlin,
• boiling,
• bowling,
• boleyn,
• bollin,
• boylan,
• bolen,
• bolan,
• bolin,
• boloney,
• boolean.

The adjective form of the word "bowline" is "bowline". The word acts as both a noun and an adjective in this case.

The plural of the "bowline" can be the "bowlines".

The singular of the "bowline" can be the "bowline".