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Matthew Walker
noun
- a knot formed on the end of a rope by partly unlaying the strands and tying them in a certain way.
Matthew Walker
/ ˈwɔːkə /
noun
- a knot made at the end of a rope by unlaying the strands and passing them up through the loops formed in the next two strands
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Matthew Walker1
First recorded in 1855–60; after the presumed inventor of the knot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Matthew Walker1
C19: probably named after the man who introduced it
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Example Sentences
Be so good, Mr. Potts, as to put a nice, neat Matthew Walker on this 'ere lanyard.
From Project Gutenberg
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