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carrick bend

  [kar-ik]
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–noun
a knot or bend for joining the ends of two ropes.

Origin:
1810–20; perh. to be identified with ME carryk, var. of carrake carrack
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car·rick bend   (kār'ĭk)   


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n.   Nautical
A type of knot used to fasten two cables or hawsers together.

[From obsolete carrick, variant of carrack.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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