| sheet bend n. Nautical A knot in which one rope or piece of yarn is made fast to the bight of another. Also called weaver's hitch, weaver's knot. |   |
sheet bend
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Knots) a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes Also called becket bend weaver's hitch
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| Noun | 1. |  sheet bend - a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)hitch - a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot |
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