bowline hitch - meaning and definition. What is bowline hitch
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What (who) is bowline hitch - definition

TYPE OF KNOT
Bowline hitch; Bow Line; Bow-line; Bow line; Bowline knot
  • Tying a bowline
  • Lightning method, tied on a ring. Pull per the blue arrows.

bowline         
['b??l?n]
¦ noun
1. a rope attaching the weather side of a square sail to a ship's bow.
2. a simple knot for forming a non-slipping loop at the end of a rope.
Origin
ME: from Mid. Low Ger. boline, MDu. boechlijne, from boeg 'ship's bow' + lijne 'line'.
Bowline         
·noun A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.
Munter hitch         
  • A soldier abseiling with a Munter hitch, depicted in a German military publication from 1966.
ADJUSTABLE KNOT USED CONTROL FRICTION IN A BELAY SYSTEM
Halb Mastwurf Sicherung; Halbmastwurfsicherung; Italian hitch; Münter hitch; Munter friction hitch; Muenter hitch; Munter knot; Tag knot
The Munter hitch, also known as the Italian hitch, mezzo barcaiolo or the crossing hitch,Clifford W. Ashley.

Wikipedia

Bowline

The bowline ( or ) is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load. The bowline is sometimes referred to as King of the knots because of its importance. Along with the sheet bend and the clove hitch, the bowline is often considered one of the most essential knots.

The common bowline shares some structural similarity with the sheet bend. Virtually all end-to-end joining knots (i.e., bends) have a corresponding loop knot.

Although the bowline is generally considered a reliable knot, its main deficiencies are a tendency to work loose when not under load (or under cyclic loading), to slip when pulled sideways, and the bight portion of the knot to capsize in certain circumstances. To address these shortcomings, a number of more secure variations of the bowline have been developed for use in safety-critical applications, or by securing the knot with an overhand knot backup.