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weaver's hitch

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weaver's hitch

–noun
sheet bend.
Also called weaver's knot.


Origin:
1525–35

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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n.   Nautical
A knot in which one rope or piece of yarn is made fast to the bight of another. Also called weaver's hitch, weaver's knot.
weav·er's hitch   (wē'vərz)
n.  See sheet bend.
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