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PORTUGUESE BOWLINE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

Double bowline, similar to bowline on bight but made on end of rope.

OBS

bight: Loop of rope.

OBS

Portuguese bowline [also called French bowline].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
OBS

Ne pas confondre avec nœud de chaise double, équivalent de bowline on a bight.

Spanish

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