1) Popular binding knot 2) Type of knot
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The clove hitch is a type of knot. Along with the bowline and the sheet bend, it is often considered one of the most important knots and is commonly referred to as a Double Hitch. A clove hitch is two successive half-hitches around an object. It is most effectively used as a crossing knot. It can be used as a binding knot, but is not particularly ...
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A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
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(from the article `knot`) ...which the base of the hook is passed so that a sling hangs from the hook. The knot thus formed can be used to lift loads at any desired angle by ...
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See Knots
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A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling
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a knot used to fasten a rope around a spar
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The clove hitch is a knot. Formerly in scaffolding the poles were lashed, and a clove hitch started the lashing.
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The clove hitch is a popular nautical knot used for attaching a rope to a ring or post. The clove hitch is very easy to undo, and unless there is even pull on both ends of the knot it can slip and work lose.
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A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
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A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
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n] - a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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[Treasure Island] a kind of knot used to fasten a rope around a pole, spar, or another rope; used figuratively here, it means a tight spot, a very difficult situation from which there seems to be no escape.
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noun a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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a knot or hitch for fastening a rope to a spar or larger rope, consisting of two half hitches made in opposite directions, the two parts of the rope emerging also in opposite directions. Also calledSee illus. under
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A knot used for tying the climbing rope to an anchor, as when setting up to belay the next climber.
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