Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of knot used to fasten two cables or hawsers together.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a particular kind of knot for joining two cables or hawsers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A round
knot used to join tworope hawsers when required to go round the barrel of acapstan withoutjamming .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From obsolete carrick, variant of carrack.]
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reesetee commented on the word carrick bend
A knot that joins two ropes securely with a knot that doesn't jam. Under load, the carrack bend "upsets" into two loops that are easily pried apart. Once widely used to join large hawsers. To preserve the attractive shape of the knot, the bitter end of each hawser was often fastened with a seizing back to its own standing end. The seizing is not required for safety, however.
Other names include double carrick bend, double coin knot, ten accord knot, bosun's knot, basketweave knot, chinese knot, napoleon knot, josephine knot, boatswain's lanyard, whistle lanyard, sailor's breastplate knot, pretzel knot, and wake knot.
February 23, 2008