Blackwall hitch

English

Noun

Blackwall hitch (plural Blackwall hitches)

  1. (nautical) A means of fastening a rope to a hook: a turn of the rope, either the end or the middle, around the hook, having the part the strain is on riding over the loose part, with the bight well up on the back of the hook.
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