Blackwall knot

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• Blackwall hitch — Knot details name=Blackwall hitch names= type= hitch strength= origin= related= Half hitch releasing= Non jamming uses= To attach a rope to a hook when the both are of equal size. caveat= Likely to slip if subjected to more than ordinary strain… …   Wikipedia

• Blackwall hitch — [blak′wôl΄] n. a kind of knot: see KNOT1 …   English World dictionary

• knot — 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… …   Universalium

• knot — Synonyms and related words: Blackwall hitch, Chinese puzzle, Flemish knot, French shroud knot, German knot, Gordian knot, Matthew Walker knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, Windsor knot, accouple, accumulate, adhesive, affix, affixation, agglutinate …   Moby Thesaurus

• Blackwall hitch — noun Etymology: Blackwall, shipyard in London, England Date: circa 1862 a hitch knot for securing a rope to a hook see knot illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Blackwall hitch — noun a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook • Hypernyms: ↑hitch * * * ˈblak.ˌwȯl noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: from Blackwall, shipyard in Poplar district, London, England : a hitch used for temporarily… …   Useful english dictionary

• knot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snarl, tangle; puzzle, problem; cluster, group; lump, node. v. tangle, snarl; tie, bind, fasten. See difficulty, crossing, density, connection, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An arrangement of… …   English dictionary for students

• Blackwall hitch — /blak wawl / a hitch made with a rope over a hook so that it holds fast when pulled but is loose otherwise. See illus. under knot. [1860 65; named after Blackwall, a London shipyard] * * * …   Universalium

• double Blackwall hitch — n. a kind of knot: see KNOT1 * * * …   Universalium

• double Blackwall hitch — n. a kind of knot: see KNOT1 …   English World dictionary

• Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …   Wikipedia