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bowjowler

bowjowler is the alternative spelling of bulljowler.

Meaning of bulljowler

Noun

bulljowler (plural bulljowlers)

  1. (rare, regional) A partitioned section in the hold of a traditional fishing boat that is used to store and manage heavy fishing nets, lines, and related gear.
    • The back rope was hauled over a roller, which fitted over the stem post, or in later years over the starboard bow. This was a simple pulley wheel, which revolved in the end of a stout piece of wood. There were local names for this rope roller; it was called the bulljowler in St Ives and the...2014, McWilliams, John, The Cornish Fishing Industry

Forms of bowjowler

pluralbowjowlers

Origin of bowjowler

A contributor to a 1913 volume of the Mariner's Mirror nautical journal wrote the following of the term's etymology: :: "The variants of this queer, and to me unknown, terms are bulljowler, bulljowder, and bowjowler. :::: — 1913. "Words and Phrases: Bulljowler". The Mariner's Mirror v. III. p. 53.

Questions about bowjowler

What is bowjowler the alternative spelling of?
Bowjowler is the alternative spelling of bulljowler.

Words near bowjowler in the dictionary

  1. bowing to
  2. bowingly
  3. bowings
  4. bowings and scrapings
  5. bowjies
  6. bowjowler
  7. bowjy
  8. bowk
  9. bowked
  10. Bowker
  11. Bowkers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bowjowler (page history and authors); bulljowler (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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