bowline

Definition

  • noun: a rope used to keep the weather edge of a square sail taut forward

Movie quotes

  • (..) Shut up. All right, Ellis. Can you climb that trunk, -choke this off that limb? - Yeah. Tie it in a bowline knot, you know it? I'm not stupid. Neck, I need you to start cuttin' line in two-foot pieces. Count two foot as long as your arm. Be careful. (..)
    2012 Mud