Middle English Dictionary Entry
bou(e-līne n.
Entry Info
Forms | bou(e-līne n. Also bawe-. |
Etymology | Cp. MDu. boechline, Dan. bovline, Norw. baugline. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Naut. Bowline.
Associated quotations
- (1295) Acc.Shipbuilding in Ant.J.7434 : Fili ad unam cordam que dicitur Boweline inde faciendam.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2186 : Capiuntur..ad opus Galee..ij Gyrdyngis, ij Lyftes, j Boulyn, j Warperape.
- 1336 *Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.4 [OD col.] : In viij petris cordis de canabo..pro vno Boweline inde faciendo.
- 1336-7 *Acc.Exch.K.R.19/31.m.5 [OD col.] : In ij poleyns emptis..pro Bowelyn et Hokerop[es].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)417 : Hit..Drof upon þe depe dam..Withouten mast, oþer myke, oþer myry bawelyne.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)104 : Cables þay fasten, Wiȝt at þe wyndas weȝen her ankres, Sprude spak to þe sprete þe spare bawelyne.
- (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI H dorso [OD col.] : Haunsers pro faux bowlyne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)12061 : Þe sail on ȝerde þey feste..Bowlyne [OF boelines] on bouspret to sette & hale.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57200 : For ij bowlynes weyinge v stone, xj li.
- c1500 Men may leue (Trin-C R.3.19)25 : Hale the bowelyne! now, vere the shete!