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weaver's hitches

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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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