The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...

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Title: The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...
Author: Manwayring, Henry, Sir, 1587-1653.
Publication: London :: Printed by G. M. for John Bellamy ...,; 1644.
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Subject terms: Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- English.
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Bowling.

Is a Roape which is fastned to the Leetch or midle part of the out-side of the sail, the use wherof is to make the sail stand sharper or closer, by a wind: The Antients, as it is reported, did ever sail before the wind, the reason wherof, I conceive to be, because they had not the know∣ledge and use of this Roape: It is fastned in 2, 3, 4, or more parts to the saile, which they call the bowling bridle, only the Missen bowling is fastned to the lower end of the yard: This Roape belongs to all sailes, excepting sprit-saile and sprit-saile top-saile, which have no place to haile a Bowleing forward by; and therefore these sailes cannot be used close by a wind. Sharpe the maine-bowleing: Set taught the bowleing, hale up the bowleing; all these are to make it puld-up hard, or more properly be haled more forward on: East the bowleing, check or conie up the bowling, that is, let it more slacke.