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bolin

bolin is the alternative form of bowline.

Meaning of bowline

Noun

bowline (plural bowlines)

  1. A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
  2. A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.

Proper noun capitalized: Bolin

Bolin (plural Bolins)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bolin

Noun
pluralbolins
Proper noun
pluralBolins

Origin of bolin

Archaic variant of Bollin.

Questions about bolin

What does bolin mean?
Bolin means a surname.
What is bolin the alternative form of?
Bolin is the alternative form of bowline.
What part of speech is bolin?
Bolin is a proper noun.

Words near bolin in the dictionary

  1. Bolihera
  2. bolillo
  3. bolillos
  4. Bolimathaidhoo
  5. Bolimathaidhua
  6. bolin
  7. Bolinao
  8. Bolinas
  9. Bolinda
  10. Bolindian
  11. boline

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bolin (page history and authors); Bolin (page history and authors); bowline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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