Knots

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Types of knots
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  1. barrel knot
    a knot used for tying fishing leaders together
  2. blood knot
    a knot used for tying fishing leaders together
  3. bow
    something curved in shape
  4. bowknot
    a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
  5. carrick bend
    a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
  6. clove hitch
    a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
  7. figure eight
    a knot having the shape of the numeral 8
  8. figure of eight
    a knot having the shape of the numeral 8
  9. fisherman's bend
    a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
  10. fisherman's knot
    a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
  11. Gordian knot
    an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia
  12. half hitch
    a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object
  13. hawser bend
    a knot uniting the ends of two lines
  14. hitch
    hook or entangle
  15. loop knot
    any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
  16. love knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  17. lovers' knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  18. lover's knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  19. macrame
    a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords
  20. overhand knot
    a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)
  21. prolonge knot
    a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
  22. sailor's breastplate
    a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
  23. sheepshank
    a knot for shortening a line
  24. slipknot
    a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made
  25. square knot
    a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
  26. stopper knot
    a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole
  27. surgeon's knot
    any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures
  28. true lovers' knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  29. true lover's knot
    a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love
  30. truelove knot
    a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
  31. Turk's head
    an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
Created on Fri Sep 09 12:23:10 EDT 2011 (updated Fri Sep 09 12:28:52 EDT 2011)

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