HyperDic: granny_knot

English > 1 sense of the expression *granny knot*:
NOUN	artifact	granny knot, granny	a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore / therefore insecure

English > *granny knot*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore / therefore insecure.
Synonym	granny
Broader	reef knot, flat knot	A square knot used in a reef line
Spanish	nudo corredizo