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carrick bend
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
Noun
(
plural
carrick bends)
(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 bend
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