(a rope through a loop)

  • 11Overhand knot with draw-loop — Category Hitch An overhand knot with draw loop, is a knot in which the weight of the load the rope carries depresses the loop sufficiently to keep it in place until the load item is placed in its …

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  • 12Falconer's knot — Knot details name=Falconer s knot names= type= loop strength= origin= related= releasing= Non jamming uses= Falconry caveat= abok number= The Falconer s Knot is a knot used in falconry to tie a bird of prey to a perch. As the left hand would have …

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  • 13sheet bend — noun a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) • Syn: ↑becket bend, ↑weaver s knot, ↑weaver s hitch • Hypernyms: ↑hitch * * * noun : a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight… …

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  • 14Fisherman's knot — Knot details name=Fisherman s knot names=Waterman s knot, Angler s knot, Englishman s knot type=bend origin=Ancient related=Overhand knot, Double fisherman s knot, Triple fisherman s knot releasing=Jamming strength= caveat=Difficult or impossible …

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  • 15lark's-head — «LAHRKS HEHD», noun. a knot formed by passing a loop of a rope around an object, and then passing the ends of the rope through the loop; cow hitch …

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  • 16pass — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passare, from Latin passus step more at pace Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. move, proceed, go 2. a. to go away ; …

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  • 17halfhitch — half hitch © School Division, Houghton Mifflin Company n. A knot or hitch made by looping a rope or strap around an object and then back around itself, bringing the end of the rope through the loop. * * * …

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  • 18sheet — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used esp. in pairs as inner bedclothes. 2 a a broad usu. thin flat piece of material (e.g. paper or metal). b (attrib.) made in sheets (sheet iron). 3 a wide continuous surface… …

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  • 19sheet bend — noun a method of temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another …

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  • 20knot — knot1 knotless, adj. knotlike, adj. /not/, n., v., knotted, knotting. n. 1. an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord… …

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