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Bowknot

Bowknot \Bow"knot`\, n. A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.

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bowknot

n. A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.

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bowknot

n. a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces [syn: bow]

Usage examples of "bowknot".

Finally the brown band descended from the mass of lambent colour overhead and curled into a tight bowknot before him.

Even if I handled or moved this corpse, even if I tied it into a bowknot, the answer would still be the same: Chadwick.

But the tying of the four bowknots actually took less than a minute, in spite of the way time seemed to race past him.

They had been shaped into bowknots, and Andrea watched in impressed silence as Mrs.

She made a granny knot, poked the metal tip through the eyelet, tied bowknots.