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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A knot in which one rope or piece of yarn is made fast to the bight of another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical a bend very commonly used for fastening two ropes together.
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- noun A type of
knot that can be used to join tworopes of differentdiameters .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
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reesetee commented on the word sheet bend
Also known as becket bend, weaver's knot and weaver's hitch, related in structure to the bowline. It is very fast to tie and is useful when joining two ropes of different diameters.
January 11, 2008