WEAVER'S HITCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)

Synonyms:

becket bend; sheet bend; weaver's hitch; weaver's knot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("weaver's hitch" is a kind of...):

hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot)

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