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weaver's knot

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weaver's knot
n.
See sheet bend.
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Noun1.weaver's knotweaver's knot - a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
becket bend, sheet bend, weaver's hitch
hitch - a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot


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Daughtry dashed into the cabin, came back with a pillow and three sheets, and, using the first as a pad and knotting the last together in swift weaver's knots, he left the Ancient Mariner safe and soft and took Michael back into his own arms.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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