Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A knot used for fastening a rope around a spar or log to be hoisted or towed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Nautical, the end of a rope taken round a spar, led under and over the standing part, and passed two or three turns round its own part, making a jamming eye. See hitch.
Wiktionary
- n. a multiple hitch knot used to attach a line or rope to a spar where diagonal strain, or towing, is required
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Naut.) a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See
Illust. under Hitch.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch
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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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reesetee Provides a strong temporary attachment to cargo or to a log or spar. It can be used to tow a log or spar afloat or on land; when used this way, it's placed near the center of the spar and a separate half hitch is dropped over the end of the spar to act as a guide. A benefit of this hitch is that when the load is released, the knot almost falls undone on its own. Jan 9, 2008