knot




any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object


Type of:
  • fastener; fastening; holdfast; fixing

Types:
  • barrel knot; blood knot
  • bow; bowknot
  • carrick bend
  • clove hitch
  • figure eight; figure of eight
  • fisherman's bend
  • fisherman's knot; true lover's knot; truelove knot
  • Gordian knot
  • half hitch
  • hawser bend
  • hitch
  • loop knot
  • love knot; lovers' knot; lover's knot; true lovers' knot; true lover's knot
  • overhand knot
  • prolonge knot; sailor's breastplate
  • sheepshank
  • slipknot
  • square knot
  • stopper knot
  • surgeon's knot
  • Turk's head


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