BLACKWALL HITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blackwall hitch mean? 

• BLACKWALL HITCH (noun)
  The noun BLACKWALL HITCH has 1 sense:

1. a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook

  Familiarity information: BLACKWALL HITCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKWALL HITCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Blackwall hitch" is a kind of...):

hitch (a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot)