anchor bend
1Anchor bend — Knot details name=Anchor bend names= Fisherman s Bend type= hitch strength= origin= related= releasing= jamming strength= uses= attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination caveat= abok number= #1723 and #1841The Anchor Bend is a knot used… …
2anchor bend — noun : fisherman s bend * * * anchor bend, = fisherman s bend. (Cf. ↑fisherman s bend) …
3anchor bend. — See fisherman s bend. * * * …
4anchor bend. — See fisherman s bend …
5anchor — [aŋ′kər] n. [ME anker < OE ancor < L anc(h)ora < Gr ankyra, an anchor, hook < IE base * ank , to bend > ANKLE] 1. a heavy object, usually a shaped iron weight with flukes, lowered by cable or chain to the bottom of a body of water… …
6Bend — Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th {Bend}.] 1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by… …
7Bend — Bend, n. [See {Bend}, v. t., and cf. {Bent}, n.] 1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. [1913 Webster] 2. Turn; purpose;… …
8anchor knot. — See fisherman s bend. * * * …
9anchor knot. — See fisherman s bend …
10fisherman's bend — a knot made by taking a round turn on the object to which the rope is to be fastened, passing the end of the rope around the standing part and under the round turn, and securing the end. See illus. under knot. Also called anchor bend, anchor knot …
