sheet bend

sheet bend

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.

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sheet bend

n

(Knots) a knot used esp for joining ropes of different sizes. Also called: becket bend or weaver's hitch

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sheet′ bend`

n.

a knot made between two ropes by forming a bight in one and passing the end of the other through the bight, around it, and under itself.

[1835–45]

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

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