HyperDic: becket_bend

English > 1 sense of the expression becket bend:
NOUNartifactbecket bend, sheet bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitcha hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
English > becket bend: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye).
Synonymssheet bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch
BroaderhitchA knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it

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