sailor's-knot

“And then she fell to examining his clothes: his loose, soft, very blue blue flannels, with vague stripes of darker blue; his soft shirt, with its rolling collar; his red tie, knitted of soft silk, and tied in a loose sailor's-knot.”

My Friend Prospero

“It is well to learn some artful sailor's-knot for tying up bags, with which other people cannot meddle without your finding it out.”

The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries