sheet bend

sheet bend

noun
a knot made between two ropes by forming a bight in one and passing the end of the other through the bight, around it, and under itself.
Also called becket bend, netting knot, weaver's hitch, weaver's knot.


Origin:
1835–45
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Sheet bend is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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sheet bend
 
n
becket bend, Also called: weaver's hitch a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes

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