#knot any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
supertype: #holdfast__fastener__fastening restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
subtype: #barrel_knot__blood_knot__bloodknot a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times
subtype: #bowknot__bow a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
subtype: #carrick_bend__carrickbend a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
subtype: #clove_hitch__clovehitch a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
subtype: #figure_of_eight__figure_eight a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
subtype: #fisherman's_bend__fisherman'sbend a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
subtype: #fisherman's_knot__fisherman'sknot__true_lover's_knot__truelove_knot a knot for tying the ends of two lines together
subtype: #Gordian_knot an intricate knot tied by King Gordius of Phrygia and cut with his sword by Alexander the Great after hearing that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia
subtype: #half_hitch a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double
subtype: #hawser_bend a knot uniting the ends of two lines
subtype: #hitch a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it
subtype: #Blackwall_hitch a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook
subtype: #cat's-paw__cat'spaw a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked
subtype: #rolling_hitch__rollinghitch a hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope
subtype: #magnus_hitch a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch
subtype: #sheet_bend__sheetbend__becket_bend__weaver's_knot__weaver's_hitch a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
subtype: #timber_hitch a hitch used to secure a rope to a log or spar; often supplemented by a half hitch
subtype: #loop_knot any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
subtype: #bowline_knot__bowlineknot__bowline a loop knot that neither slips not jams
subtype: #love_knot__lover's_knot__lover'sknot a stylized knot used as an emblem of love
subtype: #overhand_knot a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots)
subtype: #prolonge_knot__sailor's_breastplate a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage
subtype: #sheepshank a knot for shortening a line
subtype: #slipknot a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made
subtype: #square_knot a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
subtype: #reef_knot__flat_knot a square knot used in a reef line
subtype: #granny_knot__granny a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
subtype: #stopper_knot__stopperknot a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole
subtype: #Matthew_Walker_knot__Matthew_Walker a kind of stopper knot
subtype: #surgeon's_knot__surgeon'sknot any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures
subtype: #Turk's_head an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban
subtype: #Windsor_knot a wide triangular knot for tying a tie
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