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reef knot

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reef knot
n. Nautical
A square knot used in reefing sails.

reef knot
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(Miscellaneous Technologies / Knots) a knot consisting of two overhand knots turned opposite ways Also called square knot
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Noun1.reef knot - a square knot used in a reef linereef knot - a square knot used in a reef line    
granny knot, granny - a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
square knot - a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords
Translations
reef knot
nKreuzknoten m, → Weberknoten m
reef knot nnodo piano


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Did they ask how many girls could tie a reef knot or start a fire using sawdust and a bent twig?
We sit wondering if we could do the same because we learned how to tie a reef knot at Cubs and once built a fire down the lane with a box of Bluebell matches and a scrunched up Daily Record.
All have their hands tied together, three with a reef knot, one with a butterfly knot, which may suggest there were two killers (and also that the writer of Messiah knows nothing about knots - the butterfly is used to make a loop in a line, not to tie two ends together).
 
 
 
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