Bowse (Verb)
Meaning
Haul with a tackle.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The sailors carefully set up the pulley system to bowse the heavy cargo onto the deck.
- Using the tackle, the team managed to bowse the weighty anchor out of the water.
- In order to lift the massive beam, the construction crew had to create a complex system to bowse it into place.
- The sailors tried to bowse the broken mast back upright but the rigging was badly damaged.
- After the accident, workers had to bowse the wreckage of the car out of the shallow pond.