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carrick bend

 Play car·rick bend
a kind of knot used for joining two ropes

carrick bend

noun

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

Origin of carrick bend

From obsolete carrick variant of carrack

carrick bend

carrick bend


carrick-bend

Noun

(plural carrick bends)

  1. (nautical) A round knot used to join two rope hawsers when required to go round the barrel of a capstan without jamming.

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  • carrick-bends
  • bend radius
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  • overbend
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  • static bend
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  • cutbank

Words near carrick bend in the dictionary


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