1) Knot type 2) Simple knot 
[comic strip] Half Hitch was a comic strip created originally by Hank Ketcham. It was an example of military humor, but unlike most cartoons and comics, focused on the navy, rather than the army. The unnamed character first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943. During World War II, Hank Ketcham served in the U.S. Navy. During his s... The half hitch is a simple overhand knot, where the working end of a line is brought over and under the standing part. Insecure on its own, it is a valuable component of a wide variety of useful and reliable hitches, bends, and knots. Two successive half hitches tied around an object makes up the common clove hitch. Two successive half hitches tie...
(from the article `knot`) A half hitch (E) is the simplest form of hitch and is actually a variant of the overhand knot. It is made by passing the end of a rope around its ...
a type of knot formed by crossing a rope over a pole then pulling back through the loop
A knot, also called a "hooey"
The half-hitch is a type of knot.
[n] - a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object
noun a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double