carrick bend
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
carrick bend (plural carrick bends)
- (nautical) A strong bend knot commonly used to join two lines, ropes, and hawsers when required. A reliable safe knot if tied correctly, but unsafe if tied incorrectly, which is easily done. It is a basic knot which forms part of many other knots, hitches, bends, etc.
References[edit]
• The Ashley Book of Knots →ISBN -- Knots 1439 to 1446 (and others)