Type of Knot

Doug G. (United States of America)
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  1. barrel knot
    a knot used for tying fishing leaders together
  2. becket bend
    a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
  3. Blackwall hitch
    a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook
  4. blood knot
    a knot used for tying fishing leaders together
  5. bow
    a knot with two loops and loose ends
  6. bowknot
    a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
  7. bowline
    a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
  8. bowline knot
    a loop knot that neither slips nor jams
  9. carrick bend
    a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
  10. cat's-paw
    a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked
  11. clove hitch
    a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
  12. figure eight
    a knot having the shape of the numeral 8
  13. figure of eight
    a knot having the shape of the numeral 8
  14. fisherman's bend
    a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
  15. fisherman's knot
    a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
  16. flat knot
    a square knot used in a reef line
  17. granny
    a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
  18. hawser bend
    a knot uniting the ends of two lines
  19. hitch
    a knot that can be undone by pulling against it
  20. loop knot
    any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
  21. love knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  22. lover's knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  23. lovers' knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  24. macrame
    make knotted patterns
  25. magnus hitch
    a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch
  26. Matthew Walker
    a kind of stopper knot
  27. Matthew Walker knot
    a kind of stopper knot
  28. overhand knot
    a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)
  29. prolonge knot
    a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
  30. reef knot
    a square knot used in a reef line
  31. rolling hitch
    a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope
  32. sailor's breastplate
    a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
  33. sheepshank
    a knot for shortening a line
  34. sheet bend
    a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
  35. slipknot
    a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made
  36. square knot
    a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
  37. stopper knot
    a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole
  38. surgeon's knot
    any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures
  39. timber hitch
    a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar
  40. true lover's knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  41. true lover's knot
    a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
  42. true lovers' knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  43. truelove knot
    a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
  44. Turk's head
    an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
  45. weaver's hitch
    a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
  46. weaver's knot
    a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
  47. Windsor knot
    a wide triangular slipknot for tying a tie
Created on Fri Mar 02 10:04:07 EST 2012 (updated Fri Mar 02 10:05:12 EST 2012)

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