Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A series of loops on a cord, in which each loop successively locks the one above it, and the last loop is secured by passing the cord itself through it.
- noun A knot used in splicing the loop-stitch in certain sewing-machines.
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The younger man left the oxen he was loosening, and approached Nic in a surly way, hardly glancing at him; but for a few moments the chain-knot baffled him, while the dogs bounded about wildly.
First in the Field A Story of New South Wales George Manville Fenn 1870
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