bolina
bolina
∗bolina [bo-lee'-nah]
noun
1Noise and clamor of a scuffle or dispute. (Colloquial) (f)
2Bowline, a rope fastened to the leech or edge of a square-sail, to make it stand close to the wind. (Nautical) (f)
3A kind of punishment on shipboard like baqueta, or the gantlet. (f)
- Bolina de barlovento -> weather bowline
- Bolina de sotavento o de revés -> lee bowline
- Bolina de trinquete -> forebowline
- Dar un salto a la bolina -> to ease or check the bowline
- Navegar de bolina -> to sail with bowlines hauled
- Ir a la bolina -> to sail with a side wind
- Navío buen bolinador -> a good player, a ship which makes great progress against the wind
- Echar de bolina -> (Met.) to make fanfaronades, or idle boasts
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