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Running Bowline Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

verb

• make a noose in or of

• secure with a noose

37%7 Using a bowline, e.g.
noun

• the work of a sailor

• riding in a sailboat

• the departure of a vessel from a port

• the activity of flying a glider

37%5Bowline and slip are types of
noun

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

verb

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

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