Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A knot used to secure a line to a spar, post, or other object, consisting of two half hitches made in opposite directions.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See hitch, 6.
Wiktionary
- n. nautical a bend formed by two half hitches in opposite directions, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip
GNU Webster's 1913
- (Naut.) See under Hitch.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
Etymologies
- Middle English clove, split, past participle of cleven, to split; see cleave1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
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Knots!
O time, thou must untangle this, not I.
It is too hard a knot for me to untie.
-- Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 2, scene 2figure eight, cat's paw, fisherman's knot, miller's knot, tiller's hitch, chain hitch, surgeon's knot, bowline on bight, sailor's knot, stevedore's knot, timber hitch, clove hitch and 148 more...
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