Turk's-head

A curious vine hung like a rope, with Turk's-head knots about a foot apart on its whole length, like the hand-over-hand ropes of gymnasiums.

The Land of Footprints Stewart Edward White 1909

Britisher became the Turk's-head or Guy Fawkes, so to speak, of the

America To-day, Observations and Reflections William Archer 1890

"Kate," said I, "do you see what beauties these Turk's-head knots are?"

Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

The last I still retain, and use whenever I make up a bundle for the express; but before such mysteries -- to me -- as a Turk's-head and a double-wall, I merely bowed in reverence.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

'I do, but I had my revenge, for, after the Turk's-head adventure, she never slept without my Bible under her pillow.

Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

'And having paved the way, we treated her to the Turk's-head,' concluded

Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

'Only a Turk's-head broom, with phosphorus eyes, and a sheet round the handle,' said Theodora.

Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

And when the Turk's-head broom swept it, with others, from the roof, Twinette was no longer in the little chamber below.

Parables From Nature 1857

Turk's-head clew, and black as a tarred tackle-block, could be nothing else than the woolly pate of Snowball, the sea-cook!

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

I could point a rope, work a Turk's-head, or turn in an eye, as well as many an A.B. Not content with this, he built me a model of a ship, with her rigging complete.

Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman William Henry Giles Kingston 1847