bowline knot

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   a loop knot that neither slips nor jams

   Synonymsbowline

   Broaderloop knot

Questions about bowline knot

What does bowline knot mean?

bowline knot means "a loop knot that neither slips nor jams".

What is another word for bowline knot?

Close synonyms include bowline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bowline knot a common word?

bowline knot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.