HyperDic: sheet_bend

English > 1 sense of the expression sheet bend:
NOUNartifactsheet bend, becket 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 > sheet bend: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye).
Synonymsbecket 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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