BARREL KNOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barrel knot mean? 

• BARREL KNOT (noun)
  The noun BARREL KNOT has 1 sense:

1. a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times

  Familiarity information: BARREL KNOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARREL KNOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

barrel knot; blood knot

Hypernyms ("barrel knot" is a kind of...):

knot (any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object)